Ross Upshur Explained

Ross Upshur (born 1958) is a Canadian physician and researcher. He is a professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, and heads its public health division.

History

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.

COVID-19

On February 11-12, 2020, Upshur participated in a conference 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 delivered a presentation on ethical considerations for research during the emerging SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, which would go on to be declared as a pandemic one month later.^[1]

Upshur is a member of the Ontario COVID-19 Bioethics Table, working closely alongside the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.^[2]

Publications

His book publications include:

(as co-author with R.P. Thompson) Philosophy of Medicine: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 2017
(as co-editor with L. Jaakkimainen, S.E. Schultz and S. Maaten) Primary Care in Ontario. Toronto: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2006
(as co-editor with A. Pinto) Introduction to Global Health Ethics. London: Routledge, 2012.

Notes and References

Web site: 2020-02-08 . 2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap AGENDA . live . 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 . 2023-02-08 . 2023-03-12 . Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GLOPID-R).
Web site: Ontario COVID-19 Health System Response Bioethics Table Terms of Reference . live . 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 . 2022-08-24 . 2023-03-12 . University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics.