Aaron is a Research Associate at the Institute on Ethics & Policy for Innovation (IEPI). He recently completed his PhD with a focus on applied ethics and global health policy in the Department of Philosophy, McMaster University. Aaron’s PhD dissertation focused on ethical issues arising from novel engineered gene drive technologies, developed for use in mosquitoes as vector control applications for malaria elimination.

His ongoing work at IEPI includes furthering the work of his dissertation, but also expands in scope. Aaron leads a program of research and provides critical analysis and high-quality synthesis on a wide range of topics relating to ethical issues concerning cutting-edge technologies and methodologies, particularly as they pertain to research in global health and development.

Aaron has a broad range of experience, including a year living and teaching in South Korea, as well as conducting investigations for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He has also received numerous awards for community involvement and academic excellence. Most recently, winning a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award and a competitive Brocher Foundation Research Residency in Geneva, Switzerland. Aaron’s recent service roles have included serving on McMaster’s Senate and Research Ethics Board and on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Bioethics Society.

Aaron also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Master of Arts, each in Philosophy, from Wilfrid Laurier University.