Ross Upshur

Dr. Ross E. G. Upshur is a Canadian physician based in Toronto, Ontario. He is a professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto.¹⁾

He is a contributor to the Center for Humans and Nature.²⁾

Upshur was born in 1958.

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.

Upshur has worked as Scientific Director at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital since July 2014.³⁾

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).⁴⁾

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”.⁵⁾

Upshur is a member of the Ontario COVID-19 Bioethics Table.⁶⁾

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