Positions

Assistant Professor

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Professional Interests

• ethics and fairness related to use of artifical intelligence and machine learning applications in healthcare
• neuroethics and ethics of emerging biotechnologies
• medical anthropology, cultural and psychosocial factors affecting treatment seeking/choice

Professional Statement

Kristin Kostick-Quenet is a bioethicist and medical anthropologist whose research focuses on ethical, social and cultural factors related to emerging bio- and neurotechnologies and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications in healthcare. Her recent publications address ethical issues related to integrating AI/ML into clinical decision making, closed-loop technologies in deep brain stimulation, direct-to-consumer neurotechnologies, and ethical considerations for returning results to research participants in psychiatric genetics research. She has also published on topics ranging from ethical issues in disorders of consciousness to practical considerations for implementing decision aids (particularly for Left Ventricular Assist Device therapy for heart failure) and other clinical interventions into real-world clinical contexts.

Selected Publications

• KRISTIN KOSTICK-QUENET KENNETH D. MANDLTIMO MINSSENI. GLENN COHENURS GASSERISAAC KOHANEAND AMY L. MCGUIRE "How NFTs could transform health information exchange." Science. 2022 :
• Torgerson LN, Munoz K, Kostick K, Zuk P, Blumenthal-Barby J, Storch EA, Lázaro-Muñoz G. "Clinical and Psychosocial Factors Considered When Deciding Whether to Offer Deep Brain Stimulation for Childhood Dystonia." Neuromodulation. 2022 :
• Kostick KM, Blumenthal-Barby JS. "Avoiding "toxic knowledge": the importance of framing personalized risk information in clinical decision-making." Per Med.. 2021 :