ABOUT THE LECTURER

Françoise Baylis is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Professor Baylis publishes extensively on ethical issues relevant to women's reproductive health, research involving humans and novel technologies. Her current research focuses on innovative, responsible and accountable bioethics, with a view to developing and promoting ethical policy in the fields of health, science and biotechnology.

Professor Baylis’ work in research ethics spans several decades, and much of this work focuses on the problem of exclusion from trial participation.  Initially Professor Baylis focused on the unjust exclusion of children from research.   In later years, the focus shifted to the unjust exclusion of women from research. Now that it is widely accepted in principle, if not always in practice, that research involving children and research involving women benefits children and women respectively, Professor Baylis has turned her attention to the unjust exclusion of pregnant women from research.   The common thread for this work is the belief that persons should not be unfairly excluded from the benefits of research, or the benefits of research participation. In addition to her academic writing on fair inclusion/exclusion criteria, Professor Baylis has advocated for relevant policy changes to both editions of the TCPS.

Tuesday February 14, 2012
The Hamilton Spectator Auditorium (Directions/Map)
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Lecture begins at 7 p.m.
To reserve your seat:
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