- Harrison KL, Taylor HA, Merritt M. Action Guide for Addressing Ethical Challenges of Resource Allocation within Community-Based Healthcare Organizations. Journal of Clinical Ethics (2018): in press
- Zwerling A, Dowdy DW, von Delft A, Taylor H, Merritt M. Incorporating Social Justice and Stigma in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2017): in press
- Schuh HB, Merritt MW, Igusa T, Lee B, Peters DH. Examining the Structure and Behavior of Afghanistan’s Routine Childhood Immunization System Using System Dynamics Modeling. International Journal of Health Governance (2017): 22 (3): 212-227, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-04-2017-0015
- Sripad P, Ozawa S, Merritt MW, Jennings L, Kerrigan D, Ndwiga C, Abuya T, Warren C. Exploring Meaning and Types of Trust in Maternity Care in Peri-Urban Kenya: a Qualitative Cross-Perspective Analysis. Qualitative Health Research (2017): Published online 18 August 2017, DOI 10.1177/1049732317723585
- Krubiner CB, Merritt MW. Which strings attached: ethical considerations for selecting appropriate conditionalities in conditional cash transfer programs. Journal of Medical Ethics (2016): Published Online First: 5 October 2016: doi:10.1136/medethics-2016-103386.
- Core Faculty
Berman Institute of Bioethics - Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Maria Merritt is a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. A major objective of Dr. Merritt’s current research, in collaboration with colleagues, is to develop a novel methodology for considering social justice impacts side-by-side with cost-effectiveness as part of economic evaluation in health policy. Dr. Merritt’s other areas of scholarly interest include the ethics of public health research in low- and middle-income countries – particularly questions about researchers’ responsibilities to benefit research participants and populations – and moral psychology, the study of feeling, thought, and action in morally significant contexts.
Dr. Merritt serves as Associate Chair for Student Matters in the JHSPH Department of International Health, and as Program Officer for the JHU Exploration of Practical Ethics.
Research Interests
- Developing a novel methodology for considering social justice impacts side-by-side with cost-effectiveness as part of economic evaluation in health policy
- Ethics of public health research in low- and middle-income countries – particularly questions about researchers’ responsibilities to benefit research participants and populations
- Moral psychology, the study of feeling, thought, and action in morally significant contexts
Education
- B.S., Wake Forest University
- B.A., Oxford University
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Clinical Bioethics, NIH