Elizabeth Lanphier

Elizabeth Lanphier, PhD, MS


  • Clinical Ethicist, Ethics Center
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  • Asssitant Professor, UC Department of Philosophy; Affiliated Faculty, UC Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

About

Certification: Healthcare Ethics Consultant (HEC-C), 2020. 

Fellowship: Clinical Ethics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2020.

PhD: Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2019.

MS: Narrative Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2013.

Interests

Clinical ethics; medical humanities; health care justice

Publications

Selected

Reconsidering Off-Label Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination. Lanphier, E; Fyfe, S. JAMA pediatrics. 2025; 179(12):1253-1254.

Selected

Trauma-Informed Screening for Structural Drivers of Health. Lanphier, E; Duffee, J. AMA journal of ethics. 2025; 27(9):E678-E685.

Selected

Transformative Experiences, Anticipatory Regret, and Informed Consent. Lanphier, E; Fyfe, S. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. 2025; 1-17.

Selected

Trauma Informed Ethics Consultation. Lanphier, E; Anani, UE. American Journal of Bioethics. 2022; 22(5):45-57.

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Narrative and Medicine: Premises, Practices, Pragmatism. Lanphier, E. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2021; 64(2):211-234.

Bioethical Responsibilities in Twenty-First Century Crises. Lanphier, E; Churchill, LR. 2026.

Introduction. Lanphier, E; Churchill, LR. 2026:1-4.

Managing Competing Interests Between Appointed Surrogates and Extended Family in End-of-Life Care. Soled, DR; Lanphier, E; Schepel, IRM; Scott, M. Pediatrics. 2025; 156(6).

Stigma in differences of sex development: a scoping review. Crerand, CE; Suorsa-Johnson, KI; Ernst, MM; Fei, YF; Hansen-Moore, J; Jaffal, N; James, LN; Jewell, T; Johnson, J; Lanphier, E; Mcclinchie, M; Saylor, KM; Britt, A; Sandberg, DE. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2025; 50(9):846-869.

Autonomy Under Ignorance. Fyfe, S; Lanphier, E. American Journal of Bioethics. 2025; 25(7):143-146.