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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · 6d

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Two Tenure-Stream positions in the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics & PHAHS Division, Faculty of Medicine

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We’re Hiring!

The Memorial University Centre for Bioethics and the Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences invite applications for two tenure-stream positions in Bioethics. Memorial University …

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Aug 28

A new commentary on Impact Ethics, by Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer. Check it out!
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Gatekeeping Through Ableism: A Fractured Calling

Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer contends that ableism in nursing education functions as a form of gatekeeping, which silences disabled voices, narrows the definition of who can be a nurse, and reinforces …

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Aug 13

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The Short-Lived Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in NL

Rachel Prowse and Kayla Crichton describe what happened when Newfoundland and Labrador applied a sugary drink tax, which was discontinued this summer.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Jun 30

A commentary on the PREPARED Code by Doris Schroeder. A global code of conduct for research during pandemics. impactethics.ca/2025/06/30/t...

The PREPARED Code – A reminder not to forget the COVID-19 pandemic

Doris Schroeder presents the PREPARED Code – a global code of conduct for research during pandemics.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Jun 24

The latest commentary on our Impact Ethics blog: Maria Klimenko on the astronomical cost of CASGEVY. impactethics.ca/2025/06/24/c...

CASGEVY: Rethinking Drug Costs Through the Lens of Public Access

Maria Klimenko considers the extent to which the price of innovative treatments like CASGEVY, a type of gene therapy, should reflect not just the cost of development, but also their broader societa…

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · May 26

New commentary on our blog, Impact Ethics: "Prove AI Can't Care First" by Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon

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Prove AI Can’t Care First

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon argues that defaulting to AI in health settings could do more harm than good. Last month, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made headlines after publicly sharing a leaked interna…

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · May 20

Climate, Health and Equity - Canada Must Lead with Action. by Sharon E. Straus impactethics.ca/2025/05/20/c...

Climate, Health and Equity – Canada Must Lead with Action

Sharon E. Straus discusses the urgent need for the upcoming G7 summit to address climate change impacts on health.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · May 16

Congratulations to Biplab Halder on passing his PhD thesis defense!
"A Relational Autonomy Argument Against Public Funding for NIPT: The Routinization of NIPT and the Geneticization of Pregnancy and Reproduction", Community Health PhD supervised by Centre faculty member Dr. Jennifer Flynn.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · May 12

Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis. A new commentary by Danielle Gibbs
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Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis: A Nursing Perspective

Danielle Gibbs argues that addressing systemic racism in nursing is not only a moral imperative but an ethical necessity to uphold justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence within health care.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · May 7

A new commentary by Jade Ealy - "Hope as a Moral Commitment"

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Hope as a Moral Commitment

Jade Ealy frames hope as a moral commitment—not rooted in a feeling, but in how we choose to show up in the world and how we care for one another.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Apr 17

New commentary on our blog: Rethinking Autonomy in Healthcare for Incarcerated Patients, by Ayla Raabis

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Rethinking Autonomy in Healthcare for Incarcerated Patients

Ayla Raabis explores the state of autonomy in clinical settings for incarcerated patients in Canada and adopts a relational perspective to better understand how to promote autonomy.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Apr 15

The latest from Impact Ethics (our blog): A commentary by Julian Hopwood-Raja on free access to HIV medications in Canada

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Is Free, Canada-Wide Access to HIV Medications Reasonable?

Julian Hopwood-Raja argues that universal, barrier-free access to HIV medicines is not just a matter of beneficence for patients and the health system but important for public health and ethical re…

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Apr 14

Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet? Part 2. This is an innovative project by Zach Patterson, Zack Marshall, and a grade 8 class in Calgary.

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Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet? Part 2

Zach Patterson, Zack Marshall, and a grade 8 class in Calgary replicate a study showing the availability of patient photographs from medical case studies on the open internet.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Apr 9

The latest from our blog: The Primacy of Privacy impactethics.ca/2025/04/07/t...

The Primacy of Privacy

Dylan McKibbon argues that the concept of privacy has been long misunderstood and ought to be elevated to the status of a core bioethical principle to be regarded as a cornerstone of bioethical act…

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Mar 26

Coming up on Friday!

Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Mar 12

Book launch - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice. Our faculty member Chris Kaposy is a contributor to this excellent volume. Check it out! Coming up next week.

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Book Launch - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice

JCB Seminar Series 2024-25 - Book Launch Event

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Impact Ethics @impactethics.bsky.social · Mar 10

Relational #Autonomy & Public Funding for Noninvasive #Prenatal Testing - by Biplab Kumar Halder.
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A conceptual image of a cell karyotype exhibiting trisomy, three copies of one chromosome.

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Mar 10

Relational Autonomy & Public Funding for NIPT, by our own Biplab Kumar Halder: impactethics.ca/2025/03/10/r...

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Mar 3

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Memorial University Centre for Bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social · Mar 3

Excellent commentary on research ethics standards for psychedelic research by @paolacubillosr.bsky.social. Impact Ethics blog:
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Let’s Raise the Bar for Research Ethics Standards on Psychedelics

Paola Cubillos draws attention to the ethical and methodological concerns from MDMA- Assisted Therapy research and argues that these issues merit a stringent research ethics oversight framework for…

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