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Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Assistant Provost and Director, 91ɫƵ 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 is The Ursula von der Ruhr Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the 91ɫƵ, where he directs the Human Research Protection Program. His work focuses on research ethics, informed consent, ethical issues in psychiatry, and community involvement in research. He was the co-PI for an NIH funded national study evaluating a novel, easier to read consent form for blood and marrow transplant trials and was the PI on a study evaluating the strengths and barriers regarding cancer clinical trial participation in Milwaukee’s African American population. His current work includes working with the community to explain what Institutional Review Boards do and how they protect people enrolled in research, with a goal of improving the trustworthiness of academic medicine in the community.

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/MCW IRB #2

91ɫƵ Program / Core Facilities

  • CTSI

Community Partnerships

  • United Community Center
  • Walnut Way

Publications

  • (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

  • (Spellecy R.) World Journal of Surgery. February 2024;48(2):288-289 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85187462867 02/01/2024

  • (Dellinger J, Dellinger M, Spellecy R, Jackson B, Poupart A, Jotterand F.) Environmental Justice. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85205145777 01/01/2024

  • (Busse K, Griffin S, Spellecy R.) WMJ. 2023 Dec;122(5):434-436 PMID: 38180941 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181847738 01/05/2024

  • (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

  • (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

  • (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

  • (Derse AR, Spellecy R.) Challenging Cases in Clinical Research Ethics. 1 January 2023:142-144 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179290182 01/01/2023

  • (Spellecy R, Nyitray A.) Challenging Cases in Clinical Research Ethics. 1 January 2023:112-114 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179288108 01/01/2023

  • (Spellecy R, Nelson LD.) Challenging Cases in Clinical Research Ethics. 1 January 2023:293-294 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179223175 01/01/2023

  • (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

  • (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