McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health’s Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy
The Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy works at the nexus of life sciences, the developing world and entrepreneurship. We use scholarly research to help move health technologies from the “lab to the village”.
Our vision is to optimize global health benefits and minimize the social risks of advances in innovation through careful evaluation of the associated social and economic impacts.
Campaigns
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Human Genomic Variation Studies and Global Health
Critical thinking and conceptual development are being applied to examine the role of human genomic variation (HGV) studies (e.g.: disease associat...
Projects
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Private Sector Development of Health Technologies in Developing Countries
The purpose of this study is to explore how the domestic private sector, particularly homegrown small to medium-sized firms (SMEs), in developing c...
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Human Genomic Variation Studies and Global Health
Critical thinking and conceptual development are being applied to examine the role of human genomic variation (HGV) studies (e.g.: disease associat...
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Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases
Based on a modified model used to identify the Grand Challenges in Global Health, an initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the US...