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  • Contributors

Jamie Brehaut, PhD, is a Senior Scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Much of his work focuses on the application of psychological theory to facilitate health care practice change and the ethics of health care decision making.

Adrian Carter, PhD, is an Associate Professor, NHMRC Career Development Fellow and Head of the Neuroscience and Society Group in the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences at Monash University. He is Director of the Neuroethics Program, ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function and Chair, Australian Brain Alliance Neuroethics Subcommittee, Australian Academy of Science. Dr. Carter has been an advisor to the WHO, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Audrey R. Chapman, PhD, holds the Healey Memorial Chair in Medical Ethics and Humanities at the UConn School of Medicine. Her most recent books are Global Health, Human Rights and the Challenges of Neoliberal Policies (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and Genetic Research on Addiction: Ethics, the Law, and Public Health (Cambridge University Press, 2012). She is currently working on a book dealing with ethical issues in translating pluripotent stem cells into therapies.

Steven Daskal, PhD, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University. He works broadly in ethics and political philosophy, with published articles on issues including metaethical expressivism, the relationship between beliefs and desires, connections between contractualist political philosophy and utilitarianism, the justification of domestic welfare policy, obligations to the global poor, socially responsible investing, and physician-assisted dying.

Dean Fergusson, MHA, PhD, is a Senior Scientist and Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program, at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He is also a Full Professor, Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa. Dr. Fergusson holds the position of Endowed Chair, OHRI/uOttawa, Clinical Epidemiology Program.

Cory E. Goldstein, MA, is a philosophy doctoral student at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He received his BA from McGill University (2014) and his MA from Western University (2016). His academic interests are primarily in research ethics, particularly the ethical design and conduct of medical research. [End Page vi]

Jeremy Grimshaw, MBChB, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Full Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Health Knowledge Transfer and Uptake.

Wayne Hall, PhD, is a Professor at the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research at the University of Queensland, and a Professor at the National Addiction Centre, Kings College London. He was formerly Director of CYSAR and NHMRC Australia Fellow at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research and the University of Queensland Brain Institute. He has advised the World Health Organization on: the health effects of cannabis use; the effectiveness of drug substitution treatment; the contribution of illicit drug use to the global burden of disease; and the ethical implications of genetic and neuroscience research on addiction.

Austin R. Horn is a PhD student in philosophy at Western University. His doctoral research focuses on the intersection of biomedical ethics and the philosophy of fiduciary law.

Jonathan Kaplan, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University. His research centers primarily on the philosophy of biology and on social and political philosophy.

Maude Laliberté, PHT, M.SC., completed her doctoral studies in biomedical science (bioethics option) at the University of Montréal. Her work analyzes the factors that influence the distribution of and access to physiotherapy services. She is a physiotherapist and is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Montréal, where she teaches professional ethics. Currently, she handles patient complaints in the ombudsman's office of a health center in Montréal.

Priscilla Lam Wai Shun, OT, MSc, is presently a PhD candidate in rehabilitation sciences at the University of Montréal, Québec, Canada. Her research interests focus on how health care professionals' assessment practices in acute care hospitals influence allocation of post-acute rehabilitation services. She has a particular interest in health care professionals' assessment of...

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