Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Assistant Provost and Director, MCW Human Research Protection Program, Ursula von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Locations

Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Spellecy received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Utah and is associate professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, in the Institute for Health & Equity. Dr. Spellecy has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in the area of research ethics, informed consent, ethical issues in psychiatry, and community involvement in research. He has advised the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute regarding engaging patients in the peer review process, the Association of American Medical Colleges on IRBs and community based research, and testified before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics regarding the use of clinical data for research. Ryan served on the Association of American Medical Colleges working group on IRBs and community based research. He currently chairs an Institutional Review Board at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Spellecy is the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network co-PI for an NIH funded national study evaluating a novel, easier to read informed consent form for BMT trials.

                
                    Research Experience
                
                    Advance Directive Adherence
Advance Directives
Advisory Committees
Beneficence
Bioethical Issues
Bioethics
Commitment of Mentally Ill
Consent Forms
Education, Distance
Education, Graduate
Educational Technology
Ethical Review

                    Leadership Positions
                
                    Chair, Frodert Memorial Lutheran Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin IRB #2

                    MCW Program / Core Facilities
                
                    CTSI

                    Community Partnerships
                
                    United Community Center
Walnut Way

A Proposal by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Reliance on Single Institutional Review Boards: Proceed Only With Caution.

(Spellecy R, Thompson N, Nattinger AB.) Ann Intern Med. 2024 Mar;177(3):383-384 PMID: 38346309 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188479399 02/12/2024
IRB stipulations and protocol complexity: An opportunity for collaboration to reduce turnaround times

(Spellecy R.) World Journal of Surgery. February 2024;48(2):288-289 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85187462867 02/01/2024
Traditional Knowledge as the Foundation of Inclusive Academic and Native American Partnerships

(Dellinger J, Dellinger M, Spellecy R, Jackson B, Poupart A, Jotterand F.) Environmental Justice. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85205145777 01/01/2024
Research During COVID-19: Reflections From an Institutional Review Board Office.

(Busse K, Griffin S, Spellecy R.) WMJ. 2023 Dec;122(5):434-436 PMID: 38180941 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181847738 01/05/2024
Navigating the perils and pitfalls throughout the consent process in hematopoietic cell transplantation.

(Cusatis R, Litovich C, Spellecy R, Liang A, D'Souza A.) Blood Rev. 2023 May;59:101037 PMID: 36577602 PMCID: PMC10548336 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149820952 12/29/2022
Promoting Equity in Health Care through Human Flourishing, Justice, and Solidarity.

(Jotterand F, Spellecy R, Homan M, Derse AR.) J Med Philos. 2023 Feb 17;48(1):98-109 PMID: 35849078 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85148307243 07/19/2022
Medical School Civic Engagement During COVID-19: Activating Institutions for Equitable Community Response

(Franco Z, Davis CS, Kalet A, Hooyer K, Nelson D, Amin QE, Stevenson M, Cox K, Yaspan A, Perkins H, Kryshak T, Kryshak M, Spellecy R, Abdullah A, Lord M, O’Connor S, Ahmed SM.) Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 2023 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179309273 01/01/2023
ETHICAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF INCOMPETENT ADULTS IN MORE THAN MINIMAL RISK RESEARCH AS COMPARED WITH CHILDREN

(Derse AR, Spellecy R.) Challenging Cases in Clinical Research Ethics. 1 January 2023:142-144 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179290182 01/01/2023
ACKNOWLEDGING ANGST: RESEARCH ETHICS CONSULTATION IN DISCLOSING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH RESULTS OF UNCERTAIN BENEFIT

(Spellecy R, Nyitray A.) Challenging Cases in Clinical Research Ethics. 1 January 2023:112-114 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179288108 01/01/2023
HOW SHOULD INVESTIGATORS ADVERTISE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES?

(Spellecy R, Nelson LD.) Challenging Cases in Clinical Research Ethics. 1 January 2023:293-294 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179223175 01/01/2023
Pupillary Dilation in Research: More than Meets the Eye.

(Szpernal J, Bachman Groth JA, Wynne N, Williams V, Spellecy R, Thuruthumaly C, Carroll J.) Curr Eye Res. 2022 Jul;47(7):965-977 PMID: 35499263 PMCID: PMC9276640 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85132654884 05/03/2022
The rights (and responsibilities) of the public to advance health through research.

(Jotterand F, Spellecy R, Shaker R.) Arch Public Health. 2021 Nov 16;79(1):198 PMID: 34784984 PMCID: PMC8594084 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119137221 11/18/2021

Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Assistant Provost and Director, MCW Human Research Protection Program, Ursula von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

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Biography

Research Experience

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MCW Program / Core Facilities

Community Partnerships

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