Tristan J McIntosh, PhD

Tristan McIntosh, PhD – Tristan McIntosh is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Bioethics Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences. Dr. McIntosh earned her Master’s and PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology with a minor in Quantitative Psychology at the University of Oklahoma, where she specialized in ethical decision-making, innovation, and leadership. Currently, Dr. McIntosh leads federally-funded and foundation-funded research on ethical and social issues in science and medicine that arise at individual, team, and institutional levels. Her research spans three domains: 1) the responsible conduct of research, including addressing root causes of research wrongdoing and creating supportive research environments to support scientific excellence, 2) neuroethics, including responsibly navigating industry-academia partnerships in the research and commercialization of brain technologies, and 3) preventing and responding to egregious wrongdoing by physicians, with special emphasis on the role of state medical boards. Dr. McIntosh also has expertise in designing, delivering, and assessing educational programming on the aforementioned topics. She is the co-director of Compass, a leadership and management training and mentoring program for early-career researchers, and serves on the editorial boards of Accountability in Research and Ethics & Behavior.