Ross Upshur

Dr. Ross 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⁾

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's professional affiliations include:

• Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation
• College of Family Physicians of Canada
• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
• Institute for the History & Philosophy of Sciences & Technology
• Joint Centre for Bioethics
• Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

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”.²⁾

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