Published on in Vol 13 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82484, first published .
From Context to Care: Rethinking Stigma Detection in Clinical Language Models

From Context to Care: Rethinking Stigma Detection in Clinical Language Models

From Context to Care: Rethinking Stigma Detection in Clinical Language Models

Shefali Haldar   1 * , PhD ;   Oliver Bear Don't Walk IV   2 * , PhD ;   Sadia Akter   3 * , PhD

1 Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co Inc, Boston, MA, United States

2 Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

3 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States

*all authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Shefali Haldar, PhD
  • Merck Research Laboratories
  • Merck & Co Inc
  • 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur
  • Boston, MA 02115
  • United States
  • Email: shefali.haldar@merck.com