M.A. (Medical Anthropology) Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, April 1990
Ph.D. (Medical Anthropology) Joint Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley, 1997
Postdoctoral (Behavioral Cancer Prevention and Control) Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Fall 2001-Fall 2003
Teaching Activities
Program in Bioethics and Humanities, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Course Director, Clinical Research Ethics (2 or 3 credits), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011
Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
Director, Research Ethics Core Course (3 credits), Masters Program in Bioethics, Spring 2008
Director, Research Ethics Practicum (80 hrs/semester), Masters Program in Bioethics, Spring 2008
Director, International Health Research Ethics (3 credits), Master’s Program in Bioethics, Spring 2008
Instructor, Foundations in Bioethics I and II (6 credits), Master’s Program in Bioethics, select components (2003-2008): Pediatric Ethics unit; Community-Based Public Health lecture; Research with Children lecture; Culture, Health, and Illness lecture
Block 1: What it Means to be a Physician Case Western Reserve University Medical School, 2006, 2007-2008
Guest Lecture: Informed Consent, Case Western Reserve University Law School, 2006
Altruism in Bioethics, 2005-2008
International Bioethics: Policy and Practice, 2005-2008
International Health and Bioethics Participatory Community Health
Recent Publications
Simon, C., J.K. Williams, L. Shinkunas, D. Brandt, S. Daack-Hirsch, and M. Driessnack. "Genomic incidental findings and informed consent: IRB perspectives." Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (in press).
Williams, J.K., S. Daack-Hirsch, M. Driessnack, N. Downing, L. Shinkunas, D. Brandt, and C. Simon. "IRB and researcher perspectives on genomic incidental findings." Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers(in press).
Simon, C., E. Newbury, and J. L’Heureux. "Protecting participants, promoting progress: Public perspectives on community advisory boards (CABs) in biobanking." Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 2011, Sep;6(3):19–30.
Simon, C,. J. L’Heureux, J. C. Murray, P. Winokur, G. Weiner, E. Newbury, L. Shinkunas, and B. Zimmerman. "Active choice, but not too active: Public perspectives on biobank consent models." Genetics in Medicine, 2011, Sep;13(9):821-831.
Simon, C. and M. Mosavel. "Getting personal: Ethics and identity in global health research." Developing World Bioethics, 2011, 11(2):82-92.
Mosavel, M., R. Ahmed, D. Daniels, and C. Simon. "Community researchers conducting health disparities research: Ethical and other insights from fieldwork journaling." Social Science & Medicine, 2011, 73(1):145-152.
Griggins, C., C. Simon, F. Nakwagala, and R. Pentz. "Bioethics training in Uganda: Report on research and clinical ethics workshops." HEC Forum, 2011, 23:43-56.
Mosavel, M., R. Ahmed, and C. Simon. "Perceptions of gender-based violence among South African youth: Implications for health promotion interventions." Health Promotion International, 2011, Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print].
Farrell R., N. Dolgin, S. Flocke, V. Winbush, M. Mercer, and C. Simon. "Risk and uncertainty: Shifting decision-making for aneuploidy screening to the first trimester of pregnancy." Genetics in Medicine, 2011, May; 13(5):429-436.
Mosavel, M., C. Simon, and R. Ahmed. "Cancer perceptions of South African mothers and daughters: Implications for health promotion programs." Health Care for Women International, 2010, 31(9):784-800.
Simon, C., S. Schramm, and S. Hillis. "Patient internet use surrounding cancer clinical trials: Clinician perceptions and responses." Contemporary Clinical Trials, May 2010, 31(3):229-234.
Simon, C. and M. Mosavel "Community members as recruiters of human subjects: Ethical considerations." American Journal of Bioethics, March 2010, Volume 10, Issue 3:3-11.
Ezeome, E. and C. Simon. "Ethical problems in conducting research in acute epidemics: The Pfizer meningitis study in Nigeria as an Illustration." Developing World Bioethics, April 2010, Volume 10, Issue 1:1-10.
Mosavel, M. and C. Simon."Exploratory health disparities research: The need to provide a tangible benefit to vulnerable respondents." Ethics and Behavior, 2010, 20(1): 1-9.
Mosavel, M., C. Simon, C. Oakar, and S. Meyer. "Cervical cancer attitudes and beliefs: A Cape Town community responds on World Cancer Day." Journal of Cancer Education, April 2009, 24(2): 114-119.
Simon, C., L. Acheson, C. Burant, N. Gerson, S. Schramm., S. Lewis, and G. Wiesner. "Patient interest in recording family histories of cancer via the Internet." Genetics in Medicine, December 2008, 10(12): 895-902.
Simon, C. and M. Mosavel. "Key conceptual issues in the forging of ‘culturally competent’ community health initiatives: A South African example." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Spring 2008, 17(2):195-205.
Simon, C. and S. Schramm. "Cancer and the computerized family: Towards a clinical ethics of ‘indirect’ internet use." Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2008, 11:337-341. [Published online: 19 February 2008].
Simon, C., M. Mosavel, and D. van Stade "Ethical challenges in the design and conduct of locally relevant international health research." Social Science and Medicine, 2007, (64):1960-1969.
Simon, C., S. Zyzanski, E. Durand, X. Jimenez, and E. Kodish "Interpreter accuracy and informed consent among Spanish-speaking families with cancer." Journal of Health Communication, 2006, 11(5):509-522.
Current Projects
Managing Genomic Incidental Findings
Informed Consent for Biobanks
Quality improvement tools for informed consent to research
Current Grant Support
The Clinical and Translational Science Award ( CTSA) funded by the NIH to support the University of Iowa's Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), 10%
Managing Incidental Genomic Findings (1RC1HG005786- NHGRI), PI with J. Williams, 25%
Biobanking Public Engagement Project (UIowa CTSA, CCOM, and VPMA), PI
2009-present, CTSA Clinical Research Ethics Key Functions Committee (CRC-KFC)
2009-present, IRB Quality Assessment Working Group, CRC-KFC
2009-present, Ethics and Community Engagement Working Group, CRC-KFC
2008-10, Consultant: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CesSSRA), (NIH RFA HD-06-007) "Global Partnerships for Social Science Research on AIDS" (PI: McGrath, Janet, Department of Anthropology, CWRU)
2008-09, Consultant: Interpreters as Advocates for Spanish-speaking Patients (NIH/P60). (PI: Darryl Thorton, MD, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Metro Health Center, Cleveland, Ohio
2009, Review panel: Journal of General Internal Medicine
2008, Review panel: The Oncologist
2008, Review panel: The Lancet
2008, Review panel: Public Health Ethics
2007, Review panel: American Journal of Bioethics
2007, Review panel: The Hastings Center Report
Contact
University of Iowa
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Program in Bioethics and Humanities
500 Newton Road, 1-106 MEB
Iowa City, IA, 52242
Phone: 319-335-6706
Fax: 319-335-8515
