====== Ross Upshur ======

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Dr. **Ross E. G. Upshur** is a Canadian physician based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. He is a professor at the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] of the [[University of Toronto]].((//Ross Upshur.// University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221011155543/https://jcb.utoronto.ca/people/faculty-affiliates/ross-upshur/))

He is a contributor to the [[Center for Humans and Nature]].((//Ross E.G. Upshur.// Center for Humans and Nature. Retrieved March 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230314031833/https://humansandnature.org/ross-e-g-upshur/))

===== History =====

Upshur was born in 1958.

==== Education ====

Upshur received a BA in philosophy from the [[University of Winnipeg]] in 1982, and an MA, also in philosophy, from [[Queen's University]] in 1983; he completed an MD at [[McMaster University]] in 1986, and an MSc in epidemiology at the [[University of Toronto]] in 1997.

==== Career ====

Upshur has worked as Scientific Director at [[Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital]] since July 2014.((//Ross Upshur.// LinkedIn. Retrieved March 12, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-upshur-a57b1688/))

Upshur's professional affiliations include:

  * [[Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation]]
  * [[College of Family Physicians of Canada]]
  * [[Doctors Without Borders]]
  * [[Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences]] (ICES)
  * [[Institute for the History & Philosophy of Sciences & Technology]]
  * [[Joint Centre for Bioethics]]
  * [[Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute]]
  * [[McMaster University]]
  * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC)
  * [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada]] (RCPSC)
  * [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)

Upshur participated as a panel member for a report on [[Medical Assistance in Dying]] (MAID) in December 2018 for the [[Council of Canadian Academies]] (CCA).((//Ross Upshur.// CCA Reports. Retrieved March 14, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.14-025025/https://cca-reports.ca/experts/ross-upshur/))

==== COVID-19 ====

Upshur participated in a February 11-12, 2020 event titled "2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap" co-hosted by the [[World Health Organization]] [[R&D Blueprint]] and [[Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness]] (GLOPID-R). He and [[Beatriz da Costa Thomé]] presented on the topic of "Ethical considerations for research".((//2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap AGENDA.// (2020). GLOPID-R. https://web.archive.org/web/20230208185417/https://www.glopid-r.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/covid-19-global-research-and-innovation-forum-2020-program.pdf))

Upshur is a member of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Bioethics Table]].((//Ontario COVID-19 Health System Response Bioethics Table Terms of Reference.// University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. Retrieved August 24, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220824195615/https://jcb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ontario-COVID-19-Health-System-Response-Bioethics-Table-Charter-and-Terms-of-Reference.pdf))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Upshur|Wikipedia]]