Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD
| Office Location | 724, Blockley Hall |
| Office Phone | 215-898-1462 |
| scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu | |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Senior Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania SOM |
| DBE Appointment | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
Research Statement
Dr. Halpern’s research explores how scarce and costly healthcare resources are allocated, and how they could be allocated more efficiently and equitably. His research combines empirical approaches from the fields of epidemiology, health services research, and the decision-making sciences with conceptual work grounded in moral philosophy. He applies these approaches to several areas of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. First, he examines the rationing of ICU beds and services, with a specific focus on age-based and other allocation disparities. Second, he studies methods to promote equity in the allocation of transplantable lungs. Third, he explores sources of heterogeneity in patients’ responses to therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension, with the goal of determining how these costly therapies could be allocated more efficiently.
Selected Publications
Halpern SD, Karlawish JHT, Casarett D, Berlin JA, Asch DA. Empirical assessment of whether moderate payments are undue or unjust inducements for participation in clinical trials. Archives of Internal Medicine 2004; 164:801-3.
Halpern SD, Asch DA, Shaked A, Stock PG, Blumberg E. Determinants of transplant surgeons' willingness to provide organs for patients infected with HBV, HCV, and HIV. American Journal of Transplantation 2005; 5:1319-1325.
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Asch DA. Harnessing the power of default options to improve healthcare. New England Journal of Medicine 2007; 357:1340-44.
Halpern SD, Metkus TS, Fuchs BD, Ward NS, Siegel MD, Luce JM, Curtis JR. Nonconsented HIV testing among critically ill patients: Intensivists' practices and the influence of state laws. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167:2323-2328.
Halpern SD, Shaked A, Hasz RD, Caplan AL. Informing candidates for solid-organ transplantation about donor risk factors. New England Journal of Medicine 2008; 358:2832-2837.
