CDI Faculty

Laura Weiss Roberts

Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A.

Dr. Roberts is best known for her work on ethical issues and public policy relating to both clinical care and research science. Her research is known for contributing valuable evidence to complex and controversial issues in health policy related to vulnerable populations. A recent focus of her work has been identifying and developing the standards needed to support ethical practices in genetic research, and Dr. Roberts has also gained a national reputation for her success as a mentor and teacher of young scientists.

Positions

  • Katherine and Stanley McCormick Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

 

Education

  • M.D., 1988, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Medicine
  • M.A., 1983, University of Chicago, Conceptual Foundations of Science

 

Relevant Publications

  • Jain, S., Dunn, L. B., Warner, C. H., & Roberts, L. W. (2011). Results of a multisite study of U.S. psychiatry residents on education in professionalism and ethics. Academic Psychiatry, 35(3), 175-183.
  • Coverdale, J. H., Balon, R., & Roberts, L. W. (2011). Cultivating the professional virtues in medical training and practice. Academic Psychiatry, 35(3), 155-159.
  • Roberts, L.W., Hammond, & K. G., Hoop, J. (2006). An inverse relationship between perceived harm and participation willingness in schizophrenia research protocols. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 2002-2004.
  • Appelbaum, P., & Roberts, L. W. (2006). Introduction: Report of the APA’s task force on research ethics and ethical principles and practices for research involving human participants with mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 57(4):550-551.
  • Roberts, L.W., Warner, T. D., Hammond, T. G., & Hoop, J. (2006). Views of people with schizophrenia regarding aspects of research: Study size and funding sources. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32(1), 107-115.