Theo Schall

Theo Schall

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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management

bioethics, health equity, reproductive health, transgender health

Location

Arnold House

715 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

Theo Schall is a bioethicist and health services researcher. He is an expert on the ethics of transgender medicine with a mixed-method research portfolio exploring structural barriers to the health of sexual and gender minorities. Current projects include analyses of medical association statements and insurance denials for pediatric gender-affirming care, and development of shared decision-making tools for primary care patients.

Theo serves on the Ethics Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the Policy and Government Affairs Committee of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, and co-chairs the LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. He holds masters degrees in bioethics and social work from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in bioethics and health policy from Johns Hopkins University.

Education

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2023
  • MBE, University of Pennsylvania, 2017
  • MSW, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
  • BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2007

Key Publications

Schall, Theodore E., and Jacob Moses. Gender-affirming care for cisgender people. Hastings Center Report. In press.

Kronk, Clair A., Avery R. Everhart, Florence Ashley, Hale M. Thompson, Theodore E. Schall, Teddy G. Goetz, Laurel Hiatt et al. (2022). "Transgender data collection in the electronic health record: current concepts and issues." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 29(2): 271-284. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab136

Bandera, Sachini, Theodore E. Schall, Sarah A. White, Alexander D. McCourt, Daisy Goodman, and Emma E. McGinty. (2022.) Association between U.S. state prenatal drug use laws and child welfare reporting in Alabama, Maryland, and Utah. International Journal of Drug Policy. 108:103806. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922002225

McCourt, Alexander D., Sarah A. White, Sachini Bandera, Theodore E. Schall, Daisy J. Goodman, Esita Patel, and Emma E. McGinty. (2022.) Development and implementation of state and federal child welfare laws related to drug use in pregnancy. Milbank Quarterly. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12591

Schall, Theodore E., Carolyn C. Foster, and Chris Feudtner. (2019.) Safe working hour standards for parents of children with medical complexity. JAMA Pediatrics. 174(1); 7-8. Available at: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2754824