Published articles by Scott Allen
OP-ED’s
1. Allen S, Rich J. When will the government apply its vaccine effort to migrants in ICE detention? The Hill. August 8, 2021. 2. Allen S, McPherson P, Rich, J. We were whistleblowers for family separation back in 2018. It's happening again. USA Today. July 20, 2020. 3. Rich J, Allen S, Nimoh M. We must release prisoners to lessen the spread of coronavirus. Washington Post. March 17, 2020. 4. Allen S, McPherson P. We warned DHS that a migrant child could die in U.S. custody. Now one has. Washington Post Perspective December 19, 2018. 5. Keller A, Allen S. How the Bush administration tortured medical ethics. The Guardian (guardian.co.uk) December 1, 2010. 6. Allen S, Xenakis S. Our Duty to War Detainees. Op-Ed. The Boston Globe and the International Herald Tribune. January 22, 2007. 7. Allen S. Abuse in Prison: Stanford Revisited. Op-Ed. The Providence Journal. July 17, 2006. 8. Allen S. We need ‘creatively maladjusted’ teens. Op-Ed. The Providence Journal. January 13, 2006. RESEARCH PAPERS – PEER REVIEWED 1. Spaulding A, Allen S, Osei A, Ballard R. Hepatitis C Infection: Opportunity for Exposure in Many Settings. Medicine and Health Rhode Island. 2000; 83(7): 204-206. 2. Berzin T, Allen S, Taylor L, Rich J, Feller E. Management of hepatitis C in Rhode Island: Opportunities for Improvement Within and Beyond the Department of Corrections. Medicine and Health Rhode Island. 2002; 85 (11): 341-344. 3. Taylor LE, Schwartzapfel B, Allen S, Jacobs G, Mitty J. Extending treatment for HCV infection to HIV-HCV coinfected individuals with psychiatric illness and drug dependence. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 1;36(11):1501-02 4. Allen S, Spaulding A, Osei A, Taylor L, Cabral A, Rich J. Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in a State Correctional Facility. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(3):187-90. 5. Myung P, Maulette C, Taylor L, Allen S, Feller, E. Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C: Practical Recommendations. Medicine and Health Rhode Island. 2003; 86. 168-171. 6. Clarke J, Schwartzapfel B, Pomposelli J, Allen S, Spaulding A, Rich J. Hepatitis B vaccination of incarcerated women: a pilot program. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2003. 14(3): 318-23. 7. Allen S, Rich J, Schwartzapfel B, Friedmann P. Hepatitis C Among Offenders: Correctional Challenge and Public Health Opportunity. Federal Probation. 2003; 67(2):22-26. 8. Boutwell A, Allen S, Rich J. Opportunities to Address the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the Correctional Setting. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Apr 15;40 Suppl 5:S367-72. 9. Paris J, Pradhan M, Allen S, Cassidy W. Cost of Hepatitis C Treatment in the Correctional Setting. J of Correctional Health Care. 2005; 11 (2) : 199-212. 10. Allen S. Dining with Wilkey. A Piece of My Mind (Essay). JAMA 2006; 29(22): 2583-2584. 11. Allen S, Rich J, Bux R, Farbenblum B, Berns M, Rubenstein L. Deaths of Detainees in the Custody of U.S. Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2002 to 2005. MedGenMed 2006 Dec 5;8(4):46. Review. 12. Zaller N, Taylor L, Allen S, Rich J. Hepatitis C in Correctional Institutions. Current Hepatitis Reports. 2007; 6:114-118. 13. Allen S. Physicians, Mass Incarceration, and Medical Ethics. Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2008. 19(3): 260-267. 14. Chew K, Allen S, Taylor L, Rich J, Feller, E. Treatment Outcomes with Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin for Male Prisoners with Chronic Hepatitis C. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 2009. 43(7): 686-691. 15. Chang M, Kong NB, Phal V, Pugatch D, Allen S. Project AID Khmer: addressing the health impact of HIV/AIDS on Cambodia through rural capacity building. Glob Public Health. 2010;5(1):75-86. 16. Allen S, Wakeman, S, Cohen R, Rich J. Doctors in Prisons in the Era of Mass Incarceration. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2010. 6(3)99-106. 17. Iacopino V*, Allen S* (co-first authors), Keller A. Bad Science Used to Justify and Support Torture and Human Experimentation. Science. 2011; 331: 34-35. 18. Dumont D, Allen S, Brockmann B, Alexander N, Rich J. Incarceration, Community Health, and Racial Disparities. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. 2013;24(1) 78-88. 19. Reyes H, Allen S, Annas G. Physicians and Hunger Strikes in Prison: Confrontation, Manipulation, Medicalization and Medical Ethics (part 1). World Medical Journal. 2013; 59(1) 27-36. 20. Reyes H, Allen S, Annas G. Physicians and Hunger Strikes in Prison: Confrontation, Manipulation, Medicalization and Medical Ethics (part 2). World Medical Journal. 2013; 59(2) 27-36. 21. Reyes, H, Allen S, Annas G. Physicians and Hunger Strikes in Prison: Confrontation, Manipulation, Medicalization and Medical Ethics (part 3). World Medical Journal. 2013; 59(3)97-101. 22. Rich J, Williams B, Dumont D, Wang E, Taxman F, Allen S, Clarke J, Greifinger R, Wildeman C, Osher F, Rosenberg S, Haney C, Western B. Righting our wrongs: how healthcare reform can transform the health of criminal justice-involved individuals. Health Affairs. 2014;33(3):462-7. 23. Rich J, Allen S, Williams B. Responding to Hepatitis C with the Criminal Justice System. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014; 370(20) 1871-74. 24. Dumont D, Allen S, Rich J. Sesame Street Goes to Jail. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2014; 161(7):522-23. 25. Rich J, Allen S, Williams B. The need for higher standards in correctional healthcare to improve public health. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2014; 30(4):503-7. 26. Greifinger R, Allen S. Asserting control: a cautionary tale. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2015:11(3). 27. Rubenstein L, Allen S, Guze P. Advancing Medical Professionalism in US Military Detainee Treatment. PLoS Medicine. 2016:13(1). 28. Allen S, Aburabi R. When security and medicine missions conflict: confidentiality in prison settings. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2016: 12(2) 73-77. 29. Morris M, Brown B, Allen S. Universal opt-out screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) within correctional facilities is an effective intervention to improve public health. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2017:13(3/4) 192-199. 30. Brinkley-Rubenstein L, Allen S, Rich J. Incarceration and the health of detained children. Lancet Public Health. 2020 (2):e76-e77. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30250-6. Epub 2020 Jan 16 31. Guzman J, McPherson P, Allen S, Alphosus D, Gold D. The physician’s role in confronting humanitarian challenges: A guide for action. World Social Psychiatry 2022: 4(2) 94-100. BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Allen S, Reyes H. Clinical and Operational Issues in the Medical Management of Hunger Strikers. In Interrogations, Forced Feedings, and the Role of Health Professionals. Edited by Ryan Goodman and Mindy Roseman, Harvard University Press, February 2009. 2. Reyes H, Allen S, Annas G, Rubenstein L. Hunger Strikes and Force Feeding. In Ethics Abandoned: Medical Professionalism and Detainee Abuse in the “War on Terror.” Institute of Medicine as a Profession. November 2013. 3. Allen S, Olds GR, Schiller N. Medical professionalism and the relevance and impact of the profession on society. In Professional Responsibility: The Fundamental Issue in Education and Health Care Reform, Edited by Douglas E. Mitchell, Robert K. Ream. Springer, 2014. 4. Simmons E, Allen S, Schiller N. Erecting the pipeline for socially responsible physicians. In Professional Responsibility: The Fundamental Issue in Education and Health Care Reform, Edited by Douglas E. Mitchell, Robert K. Ream. Springer, 2014.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
1. Arnold F, Iacopino V, Allen S, Chalmers I. Open letter to President Obama on hunger strikers in Guantanamo. Lancet. 2013. 2. Spaulding A, Allen S. Stone A. Mortality after Release from Prison (Letter). N Eng J Med 2007 356 (17) 1785. 3. Allen S, Rich J. Prisons and Mental Health [Letter]. N Engl J Med. 2007. 356 (2) 197-198. 4. Boutwell A, Allen S, Rich J. Reply to Walker, et al. Response to Call for Mandatory HIV Testing in Prisons [Letter]. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 15;40(2):319-321. 5. Rich J, Taylor L, Allen S. Screening for Hepatitis C Infection in Adults. Ann Intern Med. 2004; 141(7):575-6.4. Allen S, Spaulding A, Taylor L, Rich J. Confined Treatment Continued. Gastroenterology. 2004; 126(3):928[Reply]. 6. Allen S, Spaulding A, Rich J. Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in a State Correctional Facility. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:150-51. [Reply] 7. Taylor L, Schwartzapfel B, Allen S, Jacobs G, Mitty J. Extending Treatment for HCV Infection to HIV HCV Coinfected Individuals with Psychiatric Illness and Drug Dependence. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003; 36: 1501-2.
1. Allen S, Rich J. When will the government apply its vaccine effort to migrants in ICE detention? The Hill. August 8, 2021. 2. Allen S, McPherson P, Rich, J. We were whistleblowers for family separation back in 2018. It's happening again. USA Today. July 20, 2020. 3. Rich J, Allen S, Nimoh M. We must release prisoners to lessen the spread of coronavirus. Washington Post. March 17, 2020. 4. Allen S, McPherson P. We warned DHS that a migrant child could die in U.S. custody. Now one has. Washington Post Perspective December 19, 2018. 5. Keller A, Allen S. How the Bush administration tortured medical ethics. The Guardian (guardian.co.uk) December 1, 2010. 6. Allen S, Xenakis S. Our Duty to War Detainees. Op-Ed. The Boston Globe and the International Herald Tribune. January 22, 2007. 7. Allen S. Abuse in Prison: Stanford Revisited. Op-Ed. The Providence Journal. July 17, 2006. 8. Allen S. We need ‘creatively maladjusted’ teens. Op-Ed. The Providence Journal. January 13, 2006. RESEARCH PAPERS – PEER REVIEWED 1. Spaulding A, Allen S, Osei A, Ballard R. Hepatitis C Infection: Opportunity for Exposure in Many Settings. Medicine and Health Rhode Island. 2000; 83(7): 204-206. 2. Berzin T, Allen S, Taylor L, Rich J, Feller E. Management of hepatitis C in Rhode Island: Opportunities for Improvement Within and Beyond the Department of Corrections. Medicine and Health Rhode Island. 2002; 85 (11): 341-344. 3. Taylor LE, Schwartzapfel B, Allen S, Jacobs G, Mitty J. Extending treatment for HCV infection to HIV-HCV coinfected individuals with psychiatric illness and drug dependence. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 1;36(11):1501-02 4. Allen S, Spaulding A, Osei A, Taylor L, Cabral A, Rich J. Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in a State Correctional Facility. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(3):187-90. 5. Myung P, Maulette C, Taylor L, Allen S, Feller, E. Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C: Practical Recommendations. Medicine and Health Rhode Island. 2003; 86. 168-171. 6. Clarke J, Schwartzapfel B, Pomposelli J, Allen S, Spaulding A, Rich J. Hepatitis B vaccination of incarcerated women: a pilot program. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2003. 14(3): 318-23. 7. Allen S, Rich J, Schwartzapfel B, Friedmann P. Hepatitis C Among Offenders: Correctional Challenge and Public Health Opportunity. Federal Probation. 2003; 67(2):22-26. 8. Boutwell A, Allen S, Rich J. Opportunities to Address the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the Correctional Setting. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Apr 15;40 Suppl 5:S367-72. 9. Paris J, Pradhan M, Allen S, Cassidy W. Cost of Hepatitis C Treatment in the Correctional Setting. J of Correctional Health Care. 2005; 11 (2) : 199-212. 10. Allen S. Dining with Wilkey. A Piece of My Mind (Essay). JAMA 2006; 29(22): 2583-2584. 11. Allen S, Rich J, Bux R, Farbenblum B, Berns M, Rubenstein L. Deaths of Detainees in the Custody of U.S. Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2002 to 2005. MedGenMed 2006 Dec 5;8(4):46. Review. 12. Zaller N, Taylor L, Allen S, Rich J. Hepatitis C in Correctional Institutions. Current Hepatitis Reports. 2007; 6:114-118. 13. Allen S. Physicians, Mass Incarceration, and Medical Ethics. Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2008. 19(3): 260-267. 14. Chew K, Allen S, Taylor L, Rich J, Feller, E. Treatment Outcomes with Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin for Male Prisoners with Chronic Hepatitis C. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 2009. 43(7): 686-691. 15. Chang M, Kong NB, Phal V, Pugatch D, Allen S. Project AID Khmer: addressing the health impact of HIV/AIDS on Cambodia through rural capacity building. Glob Public Health. 2010;5(1):75-86. 16. Allen S, Wakeman, S, Cohen R, Rich J. Doctors in Prisons in the Era of Mass Incarceration. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2010. 6(3)99-106. 17. Iacopino V*, Allen S* (co-first authors), Keller A. Bad Science Used to Justify and Support Torture and Human Experimentation. Science. 2011; 331: 34-35. 18. Dumont D, Allen S, Brockmann B, Alexander N, Rich J. Incarceration, Community Health, and Racial Disparities. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. 2013;24(1) 78-88. 19. Reyes H, Allen S, Annas G. Physicians and Hunger Strikes in Prison: Confrontation, Manipulation, Medicalization and Medical Ethics (part 1). World Medical Journal. 2013; 59(1) 27-36. 20. Reyes H, Allen S, Annas G. Physicians and Hunger Strikes in Prison: Confrontation, Manipulation, Medicalization and Medical Ethics (part 2). World Medical Journal. 2013; 59(2) 27-36. 21. Reyes, H, Allen S, Annas G. Physicians and Hunger Strikes in Prison: Confrontation, Manipulation, Medicalization and Medical Ethics (part 3). World Medical Journal. 2013; 59(3)97-101. 22. Rich J, Williams B, Dumont D, Wang E, Taxman F, Allen S, Clarke J, Greifinger R, Wildeman C, Osher F, Rosenberg S, Haney C, Western B. Righting our wrongs: how healthcare reform can transform the health of criminal justice-involved individuals. Health Affairs. 2014;33(3):462-7. 23. Rich J, Allen S, Williams B. Responding to Hepatitis C with the Criminal Justice System. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014; 370(20) 1871-74. 24. Dumont D, Allen S, Rich J. Sesame Street Goes to Jail. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2014; 161(7):522-23. 25. Rich J, Allen S, Williams B. The need for higher standards in correctional healthcare to improve public health. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2014; 30(4):503-7. 26. Greifinger R, Allen S. Asserting control: a cautionary tale. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2015:11(3). 27. Rubenstein L, Allen S, Guze P. Advancing Medical Professionalism in US Military Detainee Treatment. PLoS Medicine. 2016:13(1). 28. Allen S, Aburabi R. When security and medicine missions conflict: confidentiality in prison settings. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2016: 12(2) 73-77. 29. Morris M, Brown B, Allen S. Universal opt-out screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) within correctional facilities is an effective intervention to improve public health. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2017:13(3/4) 192-199. 30. Brinkley-Rubenstein L, Allen S, Rich J. Incarceration and the health of detained children. Lancet Public Health. 2020 (2):e76-e77. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30250-6. Epub 2020 Jan 16 31. Guzman J, McPherson P, Allen S, Alphosus D, Gold D. The physician’s role in confronting humanitarian challenges: A guide for action. World Social Psychiatry 2022: 4(2) 94-100. BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Allen S, Reyes H. Clinical and Operational Issues in the Medical Management of Hunger Strikers. In Interrogations, Forced Feedings, and the Role of Health Professionals. Edited by Ryan Goodman and Mindy Roseman, Harvard University Press, February 2009. 2. Reyes H, Allen S, Annas G, Rubenstein L. Hunger Strikes and Force Feeding. In Ethics Abandoned: Medical Professionalism and Detainee Abuse in the “War on Terror.” Institute of Medicine as a Profession. November 2013. 3. Allen S, Olds GR, Schiller N. Medical professionalism and the relevance and impact of the profession on society. In Professional Responsibility: The Fundamental Issue in Education and Health Care Reform, Edited by Douglas E. Mitchell, Robert K. Ream. Springer, 2014. 4. Simmons E, Allen S, Schiller N. Erecting the pipeline for socially responsible physicians. In Professional Responsibility: The Fundamental Issue in Education and Health Care Reform, Edited by Douglas E. Mitchell, Robert K. Ream. Springer, 2014.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
1. Arnold F, Iacopino V, Allen S, Chalmers I. Open letter to President Obama on hunger strikers in Guantanamo. Lancet. 2013. 2. Spaulding A, Allen S. Stone A. Mortality after Release from Prison (Letter). N Eng J Med 2007 356 (17) 1785. 3. Allen S, Rich J. Prisons and Mental Health [Letter]. N Engl J Med. 2007. 356 (2) 197-198. 4. Boutwell A, Allen S, Rich J. Reply to Walker, et al. Response to Call for Mandatory HIV Testing in Prisons [Letter]. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 15;40(2):319-321. 5. Rich J, Taylor L, Allen S. Screening for Hepatitis C Infection in Adults. Ann Intern Med. 2004; 141(7):575-6.4. Allen S, Spaulding A, Taylor L, Rich J. Confined Treatment Continued. Gastroenterology. 2004; 126(3):928[Reply]. 6. Allen S, Spaulding A, Rich J. Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in a State Correctional Facility. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:150-51. [Reply] 7. Taylor L, Schwartzapfel B, Allen S, Jacobs G, Mitty J. Extending Treatment for HCV Infection to HIV HCV Coinfected Individuals with Psychiatric Illness and Drug Dependence. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003; 36: 1501-2.