Phoebe Friesen, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by the Montreal Gazette.

"After the announcement of Quebec’s tax on the unvaccinated, McGill University biomedical ethicist Phoebe Friesen told Reuters that it would make just as much sense to start levying a tax on obese people. “If you want to be consistent and logical, you should charge all sorts of people for their hospitalization if it’s based on behaviour that they’re ‘responsible’ for,” she said."

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Phoebe Friesen, Covid, Vaccine hesitancy
Published on: 17 Jan 2022

Phoebe Friesen, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Reuters.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Phoebe Friesen, Vaccine, Covid
Published on: 14 Jan 2022

Carolyn Ells, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is quoted by the Independent.

"McGill University medicine and health sciences professor Carolyn Ells said that while the financial penalty may be essential in a health emergency, whether it survives a court challenge would depend on the details."

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Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Carolyn Ells, Covid, Vaccine
Published on: 14 Jan 2022

Dr. Catherine Hankins, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and co-chair of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, and Dick Menzies, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, are among the experts quoted by the Montreal Gazette.

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, BMEU, CITF, Catherine Hankins, Nicholas King, dick menzies, Covid
Published on: 14 Jan 2022

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit, participated in a Globe and Mail panel on stem cells.

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Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Jonathan Kimmelman, stem cells, ethics
Published on: 9 Dec 2021

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by The Globe and Mail.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Jonathan Kimmelman, stem cells, regenerative medicine, ethics
Published on: 3 Dec 2021

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health alumna Mabel Carabali is also quoted in this piece.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Nicholas King, EBOH, Mabel Carabali, Covid, equity
Published on: 4 Nov 2021

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted by STAT.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Jonathan Kimmelman, ethics, clinical research, Clinical trials
Published on: 21 Oct 2021

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Radio-Canada.

"Toutefois, pour Nicholas King, professeur d’éthique biomédicale à l’Université McGill, la question des risques que nous sommes prêts à assumer en vivant avec le virus, y compris une part de décès, est légitime et doit être posée. Cependant, établir un nombre de morts acceptable n’est pas la manière dont les sociétés et les gouvernements procèdent habituellement."

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Nicholas King, Covid
Published on: 12 Oct 2021

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Nicholas King, Covid, Vaccine, ethics, policy
Published on: 15 Sep 2021

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted by FiveThirtyEight.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Jonathan Kimmelman, Covid
Published on: 5 Aug 2021

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Global News.

"…Nicholas King, a professor in the bioethics and epidemiology department at McGill University, said inequalities start to present themselves when travel is determined by the type of vaccine a person received."

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Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Nicholas King, Covid, Vaccine
Published on: 26 Jul 2021

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted in this piece about the AstraZeneca vaccine.

"…“It’s one thing for a drug company or sponsor to bungle this on the first go but this is the second time this company has released information that was inaccurate and confusing, and it’s incredibly frustrating,” said Jonathan Kimmelman, a bioethicist at McGill University."

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Jonathan Kimmelman, Covid
Published on: 25 Mar 2021
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