New WHO policy brief led by Western’s Maxwell Smith provides ethical guidance for countries and organizations.
Ethics
Experts available to comment on reopening schools
During the past two weeks, provincial governments have been announcing plans to bring students back to school in September. Western University experts Dr. Michael Silverman and Dr. Saverio Stranges, co-authors of “Ethics of COVID-19 related school closures,” a...
Expert available to comment on the ethics of human challenge studies for COVID-19
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...