In his nearly 25 years of studying research ethics, Western University Professor Dr. Charles Weijer says this is the most difficult ethical question he’s ever encountered. As part of The Working Group for Guidance on Human Challenge Studies, Dr. Weijer along with 13...
Asian giant hornets – AKA ‘murder hornets’ – are the latest damaging invasive insects discovered in North America. Not unlike emerald ash borer, spotted wing drosophila, Asian long-horned beetle and the brown marmorated stink bug, murder hornets likely found their way...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, data is showing that while illness and mortality occur across the lifespan, the death rate increases significantly for those over 65 years of age. Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Professor at Western University’s Schulich School of...
According to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has agreed to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games until 2021 because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic...
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) announced today that Canadian athletes will not be sent to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic if they go on as scheduled in July. Laura...
As the world continues to fight coronavirus 2, which causes the COVID-19 disease, experts from Western University are available to speak with media to comment on this global event. *** Eric Arts Canada Research Chair in HIV Pathogenesis and Viral Control and Chair and...
While there’s never a dull moment in American politics, this is an exceptionally busy week with the Iowa caucuses, the State of the Union Address, the next Democratic Party presidential debate and the ongoing impeachment trial all happening over the next five days....
With the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruling today that Russia is banned from the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) is available to media for comment. Angela J. Schneider,...
With the campaign for the 43rd Canadian federal election set to begin, the following political experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Robert (Bob) Andersen, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, 519-661-2053, [email protected] Areas of...
With news breaking that the head of Japan's Olympic Committee is being formally investigated in France for alleged corruption in the awarding of the 2020 Games to Tokyo, Michael Heine, the director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies...
With cannabis officially legal in Canada today the following multidisciplinary experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Liliana Alvarez Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences 519 661-2111, ext. 88957, [email protected] Areas of...
A newly published article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine raises ethical questions and challenges for organ donation in cases where a patient has elected Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), also known as voluntary euthanasia. Written by Dr. Ian Ball...
