External Advisory Bodies

Public Health Ethics Consultative Group (PHECG)
Membership List - 2020-2023 Term

Diego Silva (Chair)

Affiliation

Lecturer, Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney

Expertise / Interests

• Ethical and Political Issues of Infectious Diseases
• Ethical and Political Issues of Mental Health
• Empirical Bioethics
• Research Ethics
• Systems Thinking and Ethics

Béatrice Godard (member)

Affiliation

Professor, Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal

Expertise / Interests

• Personalized Medicine
• Public and Global Health
• Ethics
• Neglected Populations and Empowerment
• Empirical Research
• Development of Frameworks for ethical decision-making

Boluwaji Ogunyemi (member)

Affiliation

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (dermatology), and Assistant Dean, Social Accountability, Faculty of Medicine Memorial University of Newfoundland

Expertise / Interests

• Diversity and Inclusion
• Clinical Epidemiology
• Medical Education
• Communications
• Social Accountability in Medical Education

Cassandra Opikokew Wajuntah (member)

Affiliation

Director, Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre

Platform Lead – Indigenous Research and Engagement Expertise, Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research

Expertise / Interests

• Indigenous Health Research
• Community Research
• Community Engagement
• Health Policy

Maxwell Smith (member)

Affiliation

Assistant Professor, School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

Cross-appointment, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Co-Director, Health Ethics, Law and Policy (HELP) Lab

Expertise / Interests

• Public Health Ethics
• Bioethics
• Clinical Ethics
• Public Health Policy
• Global Health Ethics

A.M. Viens (member)

Affiliation

Director, School of Global Health, Associate Professor in Global Health Policy and Investigator, Global Strategy Lab, Faculty of Health, York University

Expertise / Interests

• Public Health Ethics
• Global Health Ethics
• Public Policy Ethics
• Bioethics

Alice Virani (member)

Affiliation

Director, Ethics Services at Public Health Services Authority (PHSA) of British Columbia

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia

Expertise / Interests

• Public Health Ethics
• Ethics in Genetics and Genomics
• Research Ethics
• Pediatric Bioethics