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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)

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

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”.5)

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

1)
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/
2)
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/
3)
Ross Upshur. LinkedIn. Retrieved March 12, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-upshur-a57b1688/
4)
Ross Upshur. CCA Reports. Retrieved March 14, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.14-025025/https://cca-reports.ca/experts/ross-upshur/
5)
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
6)
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
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