Dr James Downs joins Ethics Talk to discuss the underrecognized contributions of marginalized peoples to the origins of epidemiology, and Dr Rae Anne Martinez outlines good uses of race and ethnicity data in epidemiological research.
Dr Kinnon MacKinnon joins Ethics Talk to discuss what we know about regret experiences of patients following transition-related care and, just as importantly, what we don’t.
Modern epidemiological science developed as domestic and international infectious disease transmission accompanied industrialization and colonial military expansion.
AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(1):E58-63. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2025.58.