Professional

Experience

University of Minnesota, Center for Bioethics
Minneapolis, MN
Clinical Ethics Adjunct Professor, August 2019 to Present
System clinical ethics lead, MHealth Fairview, January 2021 to Present
Co-Chair, University of Minnesota Medical Center Ethics Committee, July 2020 to Present
Co-Director, University of Minnesota Medical Center Clinical Ethics Consult Service, July 2020, to Present

University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management
Minneapolis, MN
Senior Fellow and Senior Lecturer, January 2017 to Present

Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Program for Clinical Ethics and Values
Minneapolis, MN
Clinical Ethics Fellow, October 2018 to July 2019

Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, Office of Ethics
Minneapolis, MN
Clinical Ethics Fellow, October 2017 to September 2018
IRB Member, May 2017 to October 2018
Visiting Scholar, February 2017 to October 2017

St. Catherine’s University,
Minneapolis, MN
Adjunct Professor, May 2017 to December 2017

Walden University, Institutional Review Board,
Minneapolis, MN
Voting Member, January 2017 to March 2018

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Health and Medicine Division, (Formerly the Institute of Medicine,)
Washington, DC
Senior Program Officer and Study Director, December 2013 to October 2015
Program Officer and Study Director, November 2010 to October 2012

The Brookings Institution, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform,
Washington, DC
Research Associate, October 2012 to November 2013

National Research Council, of the National Academies, Executive Office,
Washington, DC
Report Review Officer, May 2012 to August 2012

Mayo Clinic, Professionalism & Bioethics, Health Sciences Research,
Rochester, MN
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, September 2008 to September 2010

Education

Case Western Reserve University, School of Law,
Cleveland, OH
JD,
September 2005 to May 2008

Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine,
Cleveland, OH
MA in Bioethics,
September 2006 to May 2008

University of Minnesota, School of Public Health,
Minneapolis, MN
MPH in Epidemiology,
September 2003 to August 2005

University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences
Saint Paul, MN
BS in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics and Cell Biology,
September 1999 to December 2002

Selected Publications

Kaske, E. A., Wu, J. T., Hardeman, R. R., Darrow, D. P., & Satin, D. J. (2022). The language of less-lethal weapons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(17), e2117779119.

Wu, J. T., DeBruin, D. A., Wolf, S. M., Klemond, T., & DeMartino, E. S. (2021). Addressing a missing link in emergency preparedness: new insights on the ethics of care in contingency conditions from the minnesota COVID ethics collaborative. The American Journal of Bioethics, 21(8), 17-19.

Kesler, S. M., Wu, J. T., Kalland, K. R., Peter, L. G., Wothe, J. K., Needle, J. K., … & Weinert, C. R. (2021). Operationalizing Ethical Guidance for Ventilator Allocation in Minnesota: Saving the Most Lives or Exacerbating Health Disparities?. Critical care explorations, 3(6).

Kaske, E. A., Cramer, S. W., Pena Pino, I., Do, T. H., Ladd, B. M., Sturtevant, D. T., … & Darrow, D. P. (2021). Injuries from Less-Lethal Weapons during the George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis. New England Journal of Medicine.

Lim, S., DeBruin, D. A., Leider, J. P., Sederstrom, N., Lynfield, R., Baker, J. V., … & Wolf, S. M. (2020, June). Developing an ethics framework for allocating remdesivir in the COVID-19 pandemic. In Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Elsevier.

Wu, J. T., & McCormick, J. B. (2018). Why Health Professionals Should Speak Out Against False Beliefs on the Internet. AMA journal of ethics, 20(11), 1052-1058.

Doussau, A., Wu, J. T., & McCormick, J. B. (2017). Is It Ethically Acceptable to Screen Patients for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Not Offer Them Positive Air Pressure Therapy in a Clinical Trial?. American Journal of Bioethics, 17(10).

Boat, T. F., & Wu, J. T. (2015). Mental disorders and disabilities among low-income children. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. (JT Wu, Study Director.)

Scientific standards for studies on modified risk tobacco products. (2012). Washington, DC: National Academies Press. (JT Wu & KR Stratton, Study Directors.)

Ottenberg, A. L., Wu, J. T., Poland, G. A., Jacobson, R. M., Koenig, B. A., & Tilburt, J. C. (2011). Vaccinating Health Care Workers Against Influenza: The Ethical and Legal Rationale for a Mandate. American Journal of Public Health, 101(2), 212-216.

Lemke A.A., Wu J.T., Trinidad S.B., Lam A., Pulley J., & Waudby C. (2010). Community Engagement Efforts in Six United States Biobanks: A Report from the eMERGE Network. Genomics, Society and Policy, 6(3), 35-52.

Clayton E.W., Smith M., Fullerton S.M., Burke W., McCarty C.A., Koenig B.A., McGuire A.L., Beskow L., Dressler L., Lemke A.A., Ramos E., &  Rodriguez L.L. (2010). Consent and Community Consultation Working Group of the eMERGE Consortium. Confronting Real Time Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the eMERGE (Electronic Medical Records and Genomics) Consortium. Genetics in Medicine, 12(10), 616-620.

McGuire A.L., Bradford M., Dressler L.G., Fullerton S.M., Koenig B.A., Li R., McCarty C.A., Ramos E., Smith M.E., Somkin C.P., Waudby C., Wolf W.A., & Clayton E.W. (2011). Ethical and practical challenges of sharing data from genome-wide association studies: The eMERGE Consortium experience. Genome Res. 21, 1001-1007.

Media

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)
Minn. Republican threatens retaliation against medical board
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-covid-health-steve-simon-58be8d725056203ee579db6f8a5b75c8

Montana Public Radio
Immunocompromised patients worry vaccine exemptions put them in peril
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2022-03-21/immunocompromised-patients-worry-vaccine-exemptions-put-them-in-peril

KARE11
No vax, no kidney: What are the bioethics behind UCHealth’s decision?
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/no-vax-no-kidney-what-are-the-bioethics-behind-uchealths-decision/89-1c0a9364-e2b2-4fd3-a452-303df73671e7

KSTP
Minneapolis City Council can’t ban MPD’s use of less-lethal weapons
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/minneapolis-city-council-canrsquot-ban-mpds-use-of-less-lethal-weapons/?cat=5

The Minnesota Daily
Although proven dangerous, police have continued use of less-lethal projectiles against protesters
https://mndaily.com/267499/news/although-proven-dangerous-police-have-continued-use-of-less-lethal-projectiles-against-protesters/

Star Tribune
Vaccine ‘passports’ stir debate in Minnesota
https://www.startribune.com/vaccine-passports-stir-debate-in-minnesota/600044598/

Cleveland.com
Coronavirus vaccine passports beg the question: Who should know whether you’ve gotten the shot?
https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2021/04/coronavirus-vaccine-passports-beg-the-question-who-should-know-whether-youve-gotten-the-shot.html

KARE11
Should you get the shot if it’s not your turn? The ethics of leftover COVID vaccines
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/leftover-waste-covid-vaccines-ethics/89-253b065a-795c-458e-bdfd-d14d4c1ac1f0

MPR News
4 questions to help sort through the ethics of getting a COVID vaccine before you’re eligible
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/03/19/four-questions-ethics-of-covid-vaccine-eligibility

MPR News
‘Vaccine hunters’: Online community helps people find COVID vaccine appointments
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/03/04/online-community-helps-people-find-covid-vaccine-appointments

Minn Post
How the government decides who should get vaccinated first
https://www.minnpost.com/health/2020/12/how-the-government-decides-who-should-get-vaccinated-first/

ABC6
Officials aim to maximize benefit, minimize harm in vaccine distribution
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/officials-aim-to-maximize-benefit-minimize-harm-in-vaccine-distribution

KARE11
CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices votes on who is in Phase 1a of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/cdcs-advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices-votes-on-who-is-in-phase-1a-of-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/89-aa1f4565-ec01-4757-9d0e-6dff2ce5b5e9

KARE11
What are the medical ethics behind disclosing a President’s health information?
https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local/breaking-the-news/what-are-the-medical-ethics-behind-disclosing-a-presidents-health-information/89-7fea6cf3-d4c0-4d04-9a5d-0bf421a5e9b1

Twin Cities PBS
Lessons from a Bioethicist
https://www.tpt.org/coronavirus-an-almanac-special/video/lessons-from-a-bioethicist-37858/

KARE11
Discussing the ethics of hydroxychloroquine prescriptions for COVID-19 prevention
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/discussing-the-ethics-of-hydroxychloroquine-prescriptions-for-covid-19-prevention/89-51e15e47-a745-4c06-8294-c78b305ee79b

Selected Presentations and Talks

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, October 14, 2021.
“Special treatment for certain folks: Addressing with the effects of privilege on dispute resolution procedures in healthcare settings.”

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, October 26, 2019. “Coauthoring the Last Chapter: Narrative Ethics Informed Clinical Consultation at the End of Life.”

International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation 14th Annual meeting, June 21, 2018. “The color of medicine: Confronting the problem of racism in clinical settings,” With Nneka Sederstrom, Rachel Hardeman, Shelly Nauertz, Maurice Sholas, Joel Wu

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, October 22, 2017. “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Heart of Medicine: An approach to preserving the Moral Center of Medicine while integrating the power of AIs.”

Panel Presentation, IA Summit. Vancouver BC, March 25, 2017. “Ethics and AI: Designing for Health.” With Laura G. Lee, IBM Watson Health; Astrid Chow, IBM Watson Health; Amy Chenault, IBM Watson Health; Carol Smith, IBM Watson

Symposium Panel, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, February 20, 2010. “DNA Identifiability: Ethical Issues and Policy Challenges.” With B. Koenig, E. Wright Clayton, A.L. McGuire, S. Terry, & B. Malin. Quoted in, “Redefining privacy in the era of personal genomics,” Yun Xie, ArsTechnica, February 23, 2010

Panel Presentation, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, October 17, 2009. “Use of Biological Samples Collected by Public Health Programs for Research Purposes: Ethics at the Intersection of Public Health and Biobanking.” With A. Goldenberg, A.M. Mongoven, M. McGee, & B. Tarini.

Licensure and Certifications

Minnesota State Bar, 2008, (Lawyer ID #: 0389144)
Mediator, State of Ohio, 2007-2008