BY SARA LAUX, FACULTY OF HUMANITIES NOVEMBER 4, 2022 A new agreement between one of McMaster’s premier research institutes and Malawi’s national medical school will allow both institutions to work together to address ethical challenges and questions associated with global and public health issues. The Memorandum of Understanding with the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences […]
I am delighted that our paper on articulating the ethical principles guiding Target Malaria’s engagement strategy has been published in Malaria Journal. Since gene drive is a novel technology, there are currently few best practices available for guidance in terms of stakeholder engagement. We wrote this paper with the aim of adding to the growing […]
Written by Nga Dang Early in September 2021, my 81-year-old grandmother was waiting to be called by the local public health unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, for her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. At the same time, 80% of adults in high- and upper-middle income countries had already received at least one dose. Over the […]
Data is an essential driver for social and economic development. Whether generating new knowledge, pursuing innovation, or improving health outcomes, the ability to collect, analyze, and share data is crucial. The emergence of a new pathogen such as SARS-CoV-2 makes data sharing across borders all the more urgent. However, this comes with many ethical, legal, […]
Malaria still kills more than 400,000 people each year — and 67 per cent are children under the age of five. In Sub-Saharan Africa, malaria infection during pregnancy is estimated to cause up to 200,000 infant deaths every year. Compounding these statistics are the pandemic lockdowns, shortages, and restrictions that have significantly hampered access to […]
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This summer I was employed as an undergraduate research assistant at IEPI under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Grellette. My role entailed conducting research on the concept of solidarity in global health, particularly in the context of global health emergencies. The main deliverable associated with my work was a conceptual landscape. The purpose of this […]
IEPI has partnered with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health’s GeneConvene Global Collaborative to co-host a virtual discussion series on ethical issues surrounding gene drive research. […]
McMaster researchers with the Institute on Ethics & Policy for Innovation (IEPI) have played a key role in developing updated international guidelines that will inform research and development on genetically modified mosquitoes – an initiative that could significantly affect global efforts to eradicate mosquito-borne illnesses such as dengue fever, Zika virus and malaria. […]
Erdanya Anderson is one of the 27 undergraduate students from across the country who recently completed the McMaster Indigenous Undergraduate Summer Research Scholars eight-week intensive program for early scholars. […]
