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Armed with the skills acquired over the course
of the Program, graduate students in law are better able to meet
challenges in the health care system as a result of being
willing to work with and across different disciplines. As a
consequence our graduates are in demand. They are employed as
academics or decision makers (in federal and provincial
governments, in non-governmental organizations and international
agencies) or are pursuing further study.
For more information on Program alumni, scroll down this page:
2010-2011 Graduates:
Name: Chapman, Blake
Program:
LLM, University of Toronto
Thesis: Rationing
in Pandemics: Administrative and Private Law Challenges
Supervisor: Prof. Trudo Lemmens
Biography: Blake was a thesis-intensive LLM
Candidate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto and
a recipient of the Canadian Institute for Health Research
Training Fellowship in Health Law, Ethics and Policy. Blake
graduated with a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2009 and
was called to the Bar of Ontario in June 2010 after articling at
a large Toronto law firm. During his undergraduate legal studies
Blake wrote several health law research papers under the
supervision of Joan Gilmour, most notably an article examining
informed consent issues surrounding donation after cardiac
death. Blake was also a research assistant at Osgoode and
undertook research on disability and reproductive rights. Blake
is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the Faculty of Law,
University of Toronto.
Name:
Colwell, Clark
Program: LLM, Dalhousie
University
Research Focus:
Clark's research will examine the legal and ethical problems
that arise when the state takes various measures in response to
public health emergencies
Supervisor: Prof.
William Lahey
Biography: Clark is
enrolled in the LL.M. (thesis) program at the Schulich School of
Law at Dalhousie University. Clark received an Honours Bachelor
of Arts from St. Thomas University in 2006 and a Bachelor of
Laws, with a specialization certificate in health law and
policy, from Dalhousie University in 2009. He is a recipient of
a CIHR fellowship in Health Law, Ethics, and Policy, as well as
a Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate
Scholarship. Clark grew up in the small town of Grand Bay, New
Brunswick, and has lived in Fredericton, New Brunswick;
Victoria, British Columbia; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is an
avid mariner and has spent time in the Canadian Arctic, crossing
the Arctic Circle twice and once sailing in the North West
Passage. Clark articled with the Honourable J. Ernest Drapeau,
Chief Justice of New Brunswick, and was called to the New
Brunswick Bar in June 2010.
Name:
Dipchand, Elizabeth
Program: LLM, Dalhousie
University
Thesis: Biologics: A Quest for a
Rational Approach
Supervisor: Prof. Chidi Oguamanam
Biography: Elizabeth received her BSc (Hons.)
(Double Honours in Biochemistry and Genetics) in 2000 and her
LLB in 2003, both from the University of Western Ontario. She
successfully sat for the New York State Bar Examination in 2003
and was called to the Ontario bar in 2004. While working with
major law firms in Toronto, Ontario, Elizabeth’s practice
focused on the areas of intellectual property law and
litigation, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and biotech
patent litigation, drug & biologics regulatory law. She has
represented clients in intellectual property litigation matters
before the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario
Superior Court and Ontario Court of Appeal involving patents,
trade-marks and copyright issues as well as competition law
issues as they relate to intellectual property. Additionally,
Elizabeth represented clients with litigation matters relating
to misleading advertising, grey-goods/anti-counterfeit, class
actions and commercial litigation. Elizabeth has had extensive
experience in the management of large and complex intellectual
property litigation matters both in the pharmaceutical patent
context and with respect to other technologies in the wireless
communications field and the mining industry. In particular,
Elizabeth has had extensive involvement with proceedings
commenced pursuant to the Patented Medicines (Notice of
Compliance) Regulations.
Name: Dorion,
Stéphanie
Program: JD/MSc, Université de
Sherbrooke
Research Focus:
Stephanie’s research will focus on nosocomial infections, its
scientific aspect and current hospital polices and risk
management
Supervisor: Prof. Suzanne
Philips-Nootens
Biography: Stéphanie was born in Toronto, Canada, in June 1988.
She is a
student in the combined law and science program of Sherbrooke
University. Stéphanie is currently finishing her law degree as well as
a MSc in biotechnologies. While studying general law, she
oriented her courses in the subject of health and policy and
wishes to pursue her practice in this domain. She also has a
pronounced interest for health ethics and especially worked on
the minors’ right for consent in medical researches. She is
interested in any research subject concerning health laws.
Name: Du, Li
Program:
Ph.D, University of Alberta
Research
Focus: Li’s research will focus on Biosafety of Genetic
Modified Organisms (GMOs), GMOs labeling and international trade
Supervisor: Prof. Tim Caulfield
Biography:
Li DU is a Ph.D. student in Faculty of Law, University of
Alberta. He specialized in both Clinic Medicine and Law during
his undergraduate studies and was admitted to the Law School as
an LLM candidate in international law. He has since been
transferred to the Ph.D. program under a joint LLM-PhD stream
designed for postgraduate students with excellent academic
achievements. In his first year of Ph.D. in Wuhan University, he
applied to the law doctoral program of University of Alberta and
was admitted as a Ph.D. student in 2009. Li DU’s current
research interests are concentrating on the biotechnology law
and policy. By research on genetic engineering technology,
ethics and law, he intends to provide recommendations on
decision-making and policies-designing regarding to biosafety of
biotechnology. His research interests also include settlement of
medical malpractice damage disputes. As a Ph.D. student, he has
focused on writing scholarly papers. In 2008, he won the
Outstanding Forum Paper Award at China Doctoral Forum hold by
Ministry of Education of P.R. China.
Name:
Dubois, Marie-Andrée
Program: JD/MSc, Université de Sherbooke
Thesis: Enjeux juridiques et éthiques
concernant le nourrisson anencéphale: une perspective québécoise
(Legal and ethical issues concerning anencephalic infants: a
Quebec perspective)
Supervisor: Prof. Robert
Kouri
Biography: Marie-Andrée was
raised in a small town in Abitibi called Amos. She completed
CEGEP studies in natural sciences before moving to Sherbrooke.
She was admitted to the Université de Sherbooke in a combined
graduate program in law and life sciences. Through her studies,
Marie-Andrée has found interests for health law and sciences.
She has worked on different subjects, including the futility of
medical treatments, preimplantatory diagnosic, organ donations,
and drug access for the Third World countries. Marie-Andrée was
part of the Pro Bono Students Canada program and helped a
non-profit organization responsible of people with mental and
physical disabilities. During the summer 2010, Marie-Andrée
completed an internship in a law firm where she worked for
health centers in the North of Quebec.
Name:
Leduc, Lucie
Program: LLM, University of
Toronto
Research Focus:
Lucie’s research will focus on ethical issues surrounding end of
life and end of life care
Supervisor: Prof.
Trudo Lemmens
Biography: Lucie was born and raised in
Montreal. She obtained a certificate in social and labour Law
from Université du Québec à Montréal in 2005 and her LL.B from
the same university in 2008. Between 2000 and 2006, Lucie
immersed herself in the field of labour relations. Lucie not
only served as the President of her Canadian Union of Public
Employees Local, but also as an executive member of CUPE Quebec.
She developed expertise in collective bargaining, grievances and
arbitration. She remains a labour relations trainer for Quebec
Federation of Labour affiliates. Lucie is currently a Partner in
a consulting firm that delivers Mediation and Investigation
services with a focus on labour and human rights issues. Lucie
is also sitting as a member of the Employment Insurance Board of
Referee since 2004. Towards the end of the course of her law
studies, Lucie attended a class in bioethics and biotechnology
Law and experienced a real connection with the topic. It turned
into a passion and Lucie has decided to pursue her graduate law
studies to develop a strong expertise in the area of Bioethics.
Lucie was enrolled in a full-time LLM program in Health Law and
Policy at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. She was a recipient of the Canadian Institute for Health Research Training
Fellowship in Health Law and Policy. During her LLM, Lucie was
also part of
the University of Toronto’s Collaborative Program in Bioethics
through the Joint Center for Bioethics.
Name:
Naamatova, Gulnaz
Program: LLM, University
of Toronto
Research Focus: Gulnaz’ research
will focus on the compliance of the Kyrgyz Republic with CEDAW
in ensuring fulfillment of reproductive rights of rural women
Research Topic: Misoprostol to reduce maternal
mortality in Kyrgyzstan: CEDAW framework
Supervisor:
Prof. Rebecca Cook
Biography:
Gulnaz Naamatova graduated the American University in Central
Asia, Kyrgyzstan, acquiring her Bachelors in Law with summa cum
laude honor. Gulnaz is one of the founders of local NGO; through
grants they implemented projects on constitutional reform,
women's rights, children's rights, and building capacities
trainings for young lawyers. Acquiring her LL.B., Gulnaz spent a
semester at the University of Buffalo under the Domestic
Violence Fellowship founded by Prof. Isabel Marcus. Thanks to
the fellowship, Gulnaz had a unique educational and legal
practice-oriented experience on family violence issues. After
the Domestic Violence Fellowship, Gulnaz has volunteered to work
with Christina Zampas at the Center for Reproductive Rights in
New-York City. Upon arriving to Kyrgyzstan, Gulnaz got involved
with the field research project on reproductive health and HIV,
won a grant to organize girls' camp on reproductive health and
human rights. In summer 2010 Gulnaz was sponsored by UNFPA to
represent Kyrgyzstan at World Youth Conference on health
division in Mexico. Currently, Gulnaz is a recipient of a
Graduate Scholarship 2010-11 on Reproductive Health Law at the
University of Toronto. Gulnaz is grateful for the unique
opportunity to gain knowledge from world prominent scholars on
sexual and reproductive health law, to engage in valuable health
law programs, to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to
become a better specialist in protecting and promoting
reproductive and sexual rights in Kyrgyzstan and in the world.
Name: Paschali, Catherine
Program: LLM, Université de Sherbooke
Thesis: Les demandes d'acharnement thérapeutique (The
requests for life-sustaining treatment)
Supervisor: Suzanne Philips-Nootens
Biography: Catherine Paschali, LLB. Catherine
graduated from the University of Montreal on the Dean’s List of
the Law Faculty. She articled for the City of Montreal’s legal
department and is a member of the Quebec Bar. She is currently
pursuing her LLM at the Université de Sherbooke. Her research
interests lie in public policy, reproductive and sexual health
law and mental health law.
2009-2010 Graduates:
Name: Adido, Terry
Program: LLM, University of Alberta
Thesis: HIV/AIDS and an Ever Changing World of
Work: The Principle of Reasonable Accommodation
Supervisor: Timothy Caulfield
Biography:
Terry was born in Kaduna State, Nigeria in 1982. He received his
LL.B. degree from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, from which
he graduated with a Second Class (Upper Division) in 2006. In
2006, he won an award for being the best student in Labor Law in
his faculty. During his period at the University of Lagos, he
carried out a lot of research on HIV/AIDS and its relationship
with the Workplace. This also formed the basis of his final year
thesis. He also has great interest in health and safety
standards in the workplace and rights at work. He worked as a
Research Assistant to members of his faculty during his
under-graduate studies.
Shortly after obtaining his LL.B.,
he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja where he
acquired his BL in 2007, also with a Second Class (Upper
Division). He was called to the Nigerian Bar and became a member
of the Nigerian Bar Association in November 2007. After
graduating from the Law School, he worked in two of Nigeria’s
biggest banks: Zenith Bank and BankPHB. He was able to acquire a
lot of experience about the commercial sector of the economy,
commercial law and the status of the Nigerian labor force during
this period. He was also a Unicef HIV/AIDS Peer Educator
Trainer. During which time he was involved in training high
school students on HIV/AIDS, STDs, negotiation skills and sexual
reproduction issues.
Terry is presently an LL.M student
(Thesis Based) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. He was a
recipient of the Canadian Institute for Health Research Training
Fellowship in Health Law and Policy and was part of the Health
Law institute and carrying out research on HIV/AIDS and the
Right to Work. Terry hopes to get acquire a Ph.D. degree after
his LL.M degree and ultimately become part of the Legal Academy
via lecturing and research.
Name: Alves,
Kesaundra
Program: LLM, Dalhousie
University
Thesis: Enrolment of
Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials: How Well, from a Legal,
Ethical Perspective, Does the Proposed Second Edition of the
Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) Deal with Pregnant Women?
Supervisor: William Lahey
Biography:
Kesaundra completed her LL.M at Dalhousie University. Born in
Georgetown, Guyana, she received her LL.B. from the University
of Guyana and then went on to complete her practical legal
education at Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago.
Kesaundra is an attorney-at-law in Guyana, admitted to the Bar
in October 2008. She has worked for two years with Pan Caribbean
Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and one year with the
Health Programme at the Caribbean Communty (CARICOM)
Secretariat. Her research interests lie in sexual and
reproductive health, human rights and HIV/AIDS.
Name: Davies, Cara
Program: LLM,
University of Toronto
Thesis: Beyond
R v. Morgentaler - The Canadian constitutional response to
women-protective antiabortion arguments
Supervisor:
Denise Reaume
Biography: Cara graduated from
the J.D. program at the University of Toronto in May 2009. She
began her LL.M. at the University of Toronto in September 2009
and has completed a thesis intensive LL.M. in reproductive and
sexual health law. During her time at U of T, Davies has been
actively involved in the International Reproductive and Sexual
Health Law Programme. She participated in the Health Equity and
Law Clinic and completed a Reproductive and Sexual Health Law
summer internship at Action Canada for Population and
Development, a women’s human rights advocacy organization in
Ottawa. Cara completed her supervised upper year research paper
in Professor Rebecca Cook’s Women’s Rights in International Law
class, where she examined the role of gender stereotyping in the
emerging women-protective antiabortion movement. Cara presented
this work at the U of T Women’s Rights Student Symposium and at
the U of T Joint Centre for Bioethics “Public health, ethics,
law and policy” workshop. She is continued this work with her
LL.M. thesis, where she examined the ways in which Canadian
constitutional law can respond to the emerging women-protective
antiabortion movement. Her work will examine s.7 and s.15
Charter jurisprudence with a goal of developing robust legal
arguments that may be used by reproductive rights advocates to
defend against this new threat to women’s reproductive rights.
Name: Drummond, Sarah
Program:
LLM, University of Toronto
Thesis:
Supporting Canadian Caregivers: Current and Future Policy
Direction
Supervisor: Jennifer Nedelsky
Biography: Sarah was born and raised in
Calgary. She attended Queen’s University and obtained her BA in
Psychology and Sociology in 2003. Sarah then attended law school
at the University of Victoria and participated in the co-op
program, working as a policy analyst for the BC government, in
private practice, and in-house at an international company.
Following graduation, Sarah clerked at the Alberta Court of
Appeal in Calgary for 10 months, finishing her articles at an
international law firm in Calgary. Called to the Alberta Bar in
2008, Sarah worked for a year in private practice, with a focus
on transactional work in the oil and gas sector. Sarah’s
interest in health law arises from her work as a patient care
volunteer at a hospice in Calgary, and from work in her first
law degree analyzing the compassionate care benefit offered
through the Employment Insurance Act. Sarah’s LLM thesis at the
University of Toronto will continue to look at the compassionate
care benefit offered to informal caregivers, specifically
looking at the gendered implications of delivering such a
benefit through the Employment Insurance Act.
Name: Dussault, Marie
Program:
LLM, Sherbrooke University
Thesis:
Patient's duty to collaborate. A comparative study between
American, French and Canadian common and civil case law will
help to describe the concept and demonstrate its influence on
the physician’s duty to care and his liability.
Supervisor: Robert Kouri
Biography:
Marie was born in 1986 in Montreal, Canada. She acquired her
Bachelor degree in Law at Laval University in 2008 before
completing the Quebec Bar in 2009. She now attends the Faculty
of Law at Sherbrooke University where she intends to obtain a
degree in Health Law and Politics.
While studying at Laval
University, she developed a keen interest in issues of health in
relation to the law. Further research was focused on medical
liability, medical malpractice as well as the application of
risk theory to health care. From her studies she has noticed a
consistent focus on the aspect of medical liability, whereas her
interest lies with the political facet of medical law. In the
coming years, she plans to focus her studies on the government’s
support of universal health care as well as the interaction
between pharmaceutical companies run clinical trials and the
medical community to bring some light as to how biases and
conflicts of interests are kept out of legislations.
Name: Feldman, Laura
Program:
LLM, University of Toronto
Thesis:
Exploring the new challenges ensuring protection of donors to
medical research and questioning whether current legal doctrines
can adequately respond
Supervisor: Trudo
Lemmens
Biography: Laura is an LLM candidate
in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto Canada with a
Fellowship from the University Faculty of Law and a Bursary from
the Harold G Fox Trustees. Completing the course intensive
program has allowed Laura to study a number of courses focusing
on international health law and policy. Laura’s thesis is a
comparative study of the commonwealth approach to the award of
aggravated, punitive and restitutionary damages in medical law
cases, particularly within the tort actions arising from
asbestos related diseases and the use of biomedical material by
scientific researchers.
Laura read History at King’s College
London attaining the Associate of King’s College receiving a
distinction in her final year. After attending KCL, Laura
completed a BA (Honours) in Jurisprudence at Oxford University
and was awarded the Lovell’s Second Year Prize for Achievement
and several collection Prizes for distinctions in termly
examinations. The University also awarded Laura a number of
Travel Awards allowing her to visit the ICC, ICTY and ICJ and
complete a short stage at the European Court of Justice. She
then completed the Bar Vocation Course at BPP Law School London,
was a Middle Temple Astbury Scholar and received the Middle
Temple Wareing Trust Award and a distinction in the Middle
Temple Colombus Public International Law Essay Prize. Laura was
called to the English Bar in 2010 and after completing her LLM,
Laura will commence pupillage at Hailsham Chambers in England
specialising in medical and clinical and professional negligence
Law.
During her academic studies, Laura gained a range of
employment, volunteered for a number of NGOs, held several
Committee positions and competed successfully in several moots
and has gained considerable exposure to health law and policy.
Laura completed vacation schemes and mini-pupillages at a number
of leading English law firms, management consultants and
barrister chambers, marshalled with Justice Gloster in the
English High Court and Lord Justice Jacob in the English Court
of Appeal and worked as a Research Assistant within a law firm
specialising in medical law. During her legal studies, Laura
taught constitutional, criminal and roman Law at Oxford
University, represented individuals for the Free Representation
and Personal Support Units and was the President of the Oxford
University Middle Temple Society and sat on the University
Student Consultative Committee. The voluntary work completed for
the Free Representation Unit exposed Laura to the regulatory
framework around health care support and her work was recognised
in the FRU Annual Report 2009. In addition, Laura won the Oxford
University Gray’s Inn Moot, was selected to represent the
University in the Jessup International law moot, coached the
varsity moot team and attained the highest individual score in
the varsity Roman law moot.
Name: Hardcastle, Lorian
Program: SJD, University of Toronto
Thesis: Governmental Tort Liability and Access,
Cost, and Quality
Supervisor: Colleen Flood
Biography: Lorian Hardcastle completed her
LL.B. and Health Law and Policy Specialization Certificate at
Dalhousie University. During this time she worked as a research
assistant with the Health Law Institute and in the Calgary
Health Region's Legal Department. After completing her degree,
Lorian articled and worked briefly as an associate at Miller
Thomson LLP, doing some work with their health law group. For
the past year, Lorian has been an LL.M. candidate at the
University of Toronto, writing her thesis on the tort law
accountability of systemic actors for quality of care. In the
fall of 2006, she will be commencing an S.J.D. at the University
of Toronto. Her broad area of interest is health systems law,
including public/private financing, liability of governments and
institutions, quality of care, and accountability and
governance.
Name: Mladenovic, Ninoslav
Program: LLM, University of Toronto
Thesis: Sexual and Reproductive Health
of PLWHA - Needs and Priorities of Vulnerable Social Groups in
Comparative Jurisdictions
Supervisor:
Rebecca Cook
Biography: Ninoslav has earned
his LLM degree in International Human Rights Law at the
University of Notre Dame Law School in 2001. He has an extensive
professional experience in human rights filed with OSCE, UN and
various national and international NGOs. His primary focus is
promotion and protection of international minority rights
standards, analyzing the implementation of those standards in
comparative jurisdictions, and proposing policy initiatives to
address problems faced by particular vulnerable groups.
Ninoslav’s involvement in the field of public health began with
an interest in HIV prevention strategies in his native
Macedonia, where being involved in the implementation of the
project related to advocacy and lobbying for improvement of
sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. His
international involvement, particularly with respect to the work
of the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) only broadened the
scope of his interest in HIV testing, criminalization of HIV
transmission, travel restrictions for HIV positive people,
providing information to patients etc. Ninoslav’s acceptance at
2009/10 UT Graduate Programme in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Law will only bring him a step forward into applying a human
rights framework to sexual and reproductive health, and teach
him novel approaches how to improve global response to HIV/AIDS.
Name: Onyemelukwe, Cheluchi
Program: JSD, Dalhousie University
Thesis: Governance of Health Research Involving Humans in
Developing Countries: The Nigerian Example
Supervisor:
Jocelyn Downie
Biography: Cheluchi graduated from the
University of Nigeria in 2000 with First Class Honours. She was
called to the Nigerian bar in 2002. She practised law with G.
Elias & Co. in Lagos, Nigeria before commencing her LLM at
Dalhousie University in September 2003. Cheluchi graduated with
her LLM from Dalhousie in 2004.
Cheluchi started her JSD at
Dalhousie University in January 2007. Her thesis focuses on the
governance of research involving humans in developing countries.
Name: Saleh, Ahmed
Program:
SJD, University of Toronto
Thesis: A
History of the Muslim Jurists’ Views on the Commodification of
the Human Body
Supervisor: Anver Emon
Biography: Ahmed is a practicing administrative
lawyer from Egypt. He acquired a combined Bachelor degree in
civil law and Islamic law from al-Azhar University. He is a
Certified Information Technology Professional from Software
Human Resources Council, Canada, and a Microsoft Certified
Systems Engineer and Database Administrator. He holds a Masters
in Religion and Modernity from Queen’s University and is
currently a candidate for the Doctor of Juridical Science at the
University of Toronto. In the past three years, Ahmed has taken
on several teaching and research assistantship positions in
areas of research such as contemporary problems in religion and
culture, minorities in Islamic law and privacy of biomedical
information. He assists Professor Anver Emon at the Faculty of
Law, University of Toronto, in organizing a regular workshop on
the role of history in Islamic and Jewish laws and in editing
the Middle East Law and Governance: An Interdisciplinary Journal
. In his doctoral program, Ahmed is investigating the
relationship between the legal category of property and the
human body in the context of organ sale and donation from the
perspective of Islamic jurisprudence. Ahmed also writes on
litigating the right to health in Egypt and on the Egyptian
health care policy."
Name: Shaw,
Jacqueline
Program: LLM, Dalhousie
University
Thesis: A re-examination
of the legal definition of human death, four decades after the
Harvard Ad Hoc Committee report
Supervisor:
Jocelyn Downie
Biography: Jacqui brings to
her graduate studies in health law and policy a broad knowledge
of the life and health sciences and their application to law.
Prior to commencing her graduate legal studies, Jacqui held
several legal and scientific research positions in the fields of
environment and health, at research institutions and NGOs in
Canada and abroad. Past work has included projects with the
World Wildlife Fund, TRAFFIC-North America, West Coast
Environmental Law, Child Family Health International and
Dalhousie’s Health Law Institute. Most recently, she has been a
Research Associate with the Thomas Braidwood, QC, Commissions of
Inquiry into the death of Polish immigrant Mr. Robert Dziekanski,
in British Columbia. Her role with the Commissions involved
leading the medical-legal research on the use of Taser conducted
energy weapons. Jacqui holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in
Biology and Chemistry (Dalhousie University), a Master of
Science in Biomedical Communications (University of Toronto) and
a Bachelor of Laws (Dalhousie), with specializations in
environmental law and health law and policy.
Name:
Taylor, Michael
Program: LLM, Dalhousie
University
Thesis: Whither the
Regulator: The Use of Risk in Drug Regulation
Supervisor: Jocelyn Downie
Biography:
Michael is a LLM candidate (Thesis stream) in the faculty of Law
at Dalhousie University. He is a recipient of the Canadian
Institute for Health Research Training Fellowship in Health Law
and Policy. He is researching the flaws in the regulatory
process of new drug approvals.
Michael is presently a senior
policy analyst at Health Canada (Health Protection and Food
Branch). Michael sits on the Progressive Licensing Working Group
(which input into the proposed new Food and Drug Act – Bill
C-51), the Branch Clinical Safety and Efficacy Committee, and
the Health Canada Scientific Integrity Working Group. Michael
has also been the policy lead on the Natural Health Products
Regulatory Review (NHPRR) and drafted the key consultation
document Charting a Course: Refining Canada's Approach to
Regulating Natural Health Products.
Before undertaking his
LLM, Michael graduated with his LLB in 2002 from Dalhousie.
After graduation he went to work for NPC Group SA, an Edmonton
based trust firm specializing in international banking &
finance. In 2004 he took a researcher position with the
University Of Alberta Faculty Of Medicine and Nursing working
under the aegis of the Knowledge Utilization Studies Program
(KUSP). During this time he was involved with several studies on
how to translate evidence based research/innovation into group
practice settings. He also worked closely with the Center for
Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building Team in the Faculty of
Medicine/Nursing at the University of Alberta
Name: Trisolino, Antonella
Program:
LLM, University of Toronto
Thesis:
Legal and Ethical Concerns on the Revolutionary Field of
Nanomedicine
Supervisor: Trudo Lemmens
Biography: Antonella graduated from “Universita’degli
Studi di Roma La Sapienza”. In 1996-1997, she attended an annual
Training Course for Forensic and Judicial Studies ‘’Carlo Arturo
Jemolo” in Italy. In 1999, she qualified as a lawyer and
registered in the Lawyers Association of Rome, Italy. In 1999
and 2000, Antonella pursued legal experience at legal firms in
Ireland. In 2003 as a legal researcher and writer for “Unione
Tipografica–Editrice Torinese’’, Antonella published “Health and
Wealth Ness Damage: Damage of Social Relationships, Esthetical
Damage, Hedonistic Damage” in “New Rights and Compensation–Civil
and Criminal Defence, ” (Critical Jurisprudence, Paolo Cendon,
Vol.8 UTET). In 2001, Antonella received a Masters in
Business Bankruptcy Law from the Association of Trustee in
Bankruptcy in Rome, Italy. In 2010, she ciompleted her LLLM at
the University of Toronto. Antonella’s
research topic was based on intellectual property effects on
scientific research, right to healthcare, and public safety.
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Victoria Apold
Victoria Apold,B.Sc., LLB. Victoria graduated from the
University of King's College with a B.Sc. in Psychology. She
attended law school at Dalhousie, graduating in 2001. She was
called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2002. Victoria practiced law in
the litigation department of Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales in
Halifax before commencing her LLM at Dalhousie.
Tom Archibald
Tom Archibald, BJ (Hon), LLB, LLM. Tom attended Carleton
University, where he received a Bachelor of Journalism, then
studied at Osgoode Hall Law School before articling with the
Toronto labour law firm of Koskie Minsky. Tom completed his
Master of Laws at Queen's University in 1998, his dissertation
comparing nurse collective bargaining trends in Ontario and
Quebec under hospital restructuring. After his call to the Bar
in 1999, Tom entered the SJD Program at the University of
Toronto. He is currently in the final drafting stages of his
dissertation, and has worked on a wide range of health law and
policy research projects during his time at Toronto.
Tom is examining the increasing challenges posed by health
policy reform to collective bargaining by Canadian nurses, and
the emerging need for a new labour law model tailored to the
unique setting of professional employment in a single-tier
Medicare system seeking greater cost-effectiveness in the
delivery of care.
Jennie Baek
Jennie completed her LL.B. at Queen's University and will be
starting her LL.M. this September at the University of Toronto.
Before entering law school, Jennie studied biology at Queen's
University. She hopes to combine her interest in law and the
biological sciences in her studies, focusing on biotechnology
and its effects on the provision of and research in healthcare.
Graham Barr
Biography not yet available.
Ron Bouchard
Ron A. Bouchard, PhD, LLB, LLM, SJD (Cand.) is a professor
of law and medicine. His career has focused on the science, law,
policy, regulation and commercialization of biomedical products
as well as strategic planning for commercialization of
innovative technologies. He began as a scientist, obtaining a
doctorate and working in the field of ion channel biophysics and
intracellular Ca2+ imaging. He shifted focus to obtain a law
degree specializing in pharmaceutical and biotechnology law and
has been involved in the prosecution, acquisition, financing,
distribution and litigation of intellectual property rights. He
has appeared before the Federal Court of Canada on trial and
appeal matters and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Dr. Bouchard consults with firms, universities, governments and
international organizations on matters relating to the science,
commercialization, intellectual property and regulatory rights
associated with biomedical inventions. He has been an advisor to
the Canadian government on its new Progressive Licensing
Framework for drug approval and Public Private Partnership and
Commercialization research initiatives. His work in science and
law has been funded by major federal and provincial funding
agencies and private endowments (CIHR, Heart & Stroke, Genome
Canada, AHFMR, Lupina Foundation).
He has won several awards and is published in the basic sciences
and the law, policy and regulation of biomedical inventions. Dr.
Bouchard currently conducts research on commercialization of
publicly funded technologies, intellectual property and
regulatory issues pertinent to medical product development, and
drug regulation and innovation from the interdisciplinary
perspective of systems dynamics/complex adaptive systems.
Oscar Cabrera
Oscar A. Cabrera, JD, LL.M., is a foreign-trained lawyer who
earned his law degree in his home country, Venezuela from the
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas. After graduating
from Law School, Oscar worked as an Associate at a Venezuelan
law firm (d’Empaire Reyna Bermúdez). Afterwards, he moved to New
York City where he earned a certificate in Intellectual Property
Law from NYU focusing on the interface between IP and access to
medication. During his Master of Laws (with concentration in
Health Law and Policy, at the University of Toronto) he worked
as a graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Trudo Lemmens for
the Public Health Law course. After completing his Masters
program he worked as a Research Associate with Professor Colleen
Flood, for the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and the
Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR),
where he was involved in several health law related projects,
which included a research project on the right to health in
middle income countries. Currently, Oscar is a fellow at the
O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at
Georgetown University Law Center.
Oscar’s LL.M. thesis examined Ontario’s public health legal
preparedness to impose social distancing measures in the after
SARS legal framework. His areas of interest include public
health law, disease control and prevention, public health legal
preparedness, right to health and health system law and policy.
Milton Castelen
Milton Castelen was born in 1969 in Paramaribo, Suriname. He
received a LLM degree from the Anton de Kom (ADEK) University,
Suriname in 1999. In 2002, he was admitted to the Bar
Association as an Attorney-at-Law. Milton has been teaching
health law since 2001 at the 'Centrale Opleiding voor
Verpleegkundige en Aanverwante Beroepen' (COVAB - the nursing
school of Suriname) and at the 'Opleiding tot
Gezondheidsassistenten voor het Binnenland van Suriname van de
Medische Zending' (the training institute for health care
workers for the Surinamese hinterland).
From 2006 to 2008, he coordinated the National AIDS Programme
and the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, HIV
Programme Executing Unit (PEU) in Suriname. Milton has a wealth
of experience in HIV/AIDS law, ethics and human rights in the
Caribbean. He has worked on many regional projects, including
with the Pan Caribbean Partnership on HIV and AIDS (PANCAP),
Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) and the
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (CHALN).
Milton has presented at various international meetings,
including the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on
HIV (UNGASS), 2006. His academic interests include human rights,
health law, criminal law, constitutional law and ethics.
Maria Mercedes Cavallo
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1984,
María Mercedes Cavallo received her LL.B. from Universidad
Torcuato Di Tella Law School in 2007.
In 2002 she won the First Prize in Essay Category in
“Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Literary Contest” for her article
named “Borges y Kafka: Universos Simbólicos”. Moreover, her
paper “The Problem of Phenomenologist´s Definition of ´Inner
Life`” was published in November 2007 in the Argentine Juridical
Journal “Universidad Torcuato Di Tella”.
During 2007 and 2008 she worked as a Research Assistant for
Professor Martin Hevia and for Criminal District Prosecutor
Silvana Russi, studying professional secrecy and abortion. In
addition, she worked as a Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of the
Argentinean Republic from March 2007 to June 2008.
In May 2008 University of Toronto awarded her a Graduate
Scholarship in Reproductive and Sexual Health Law for the
academic year 2008-09. She is also a non-funded fellow in teh
CIHR Training Program in Health Law and Policy.
Michael Coyle
Michael Coyle graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1987. He
has been a practising lawyer for the past two decades, mostly in
private practice. He is currently Legal Counsel and a senior
advisor on health policy to the Office of Leader of the
Opposition in Nova Scotia.
He is on the board of the Annapolis Valley District Health
Authority and is active on the District’s Quality Management and
Patient Safety Committee. He is chair of the board of the
Annapolis Valley-Hants Community Action Program for Children,
which is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada to bring
population health initiatives to rural and remote areas. He is a
member of the Canadian College of Heath Service Executives and
the Nova Scotia bar. His healthcare clients have included the
Nova Scotia Department of Health, continuing care facilities and
medical and allied healthcare clinics.
His LL.M. work at Dalhousie is in the area of collaborative
models in primary healthcare delivery.
Elizaberh Cuéllar Barroso
Elizabeth Cuéllar Barroso graduated from law school in Mexico
City from Universidad Iberoamericana. During her studies, she
served as law clerk to the current president of the Supreme
Court of Mexico for two years. After graduation, she joined a
law firm in Mexico City, and then moved to CIDE (Centro de
Investigación y Docencia Económicas), a public university where
she assisted in the restructure of the law program in the
Faculty of Law, and designed the contents of several first year
courses. She was teacher assistant for the seminar Legal
Analysis imparted at CIDE.
Elizabeth’s interests include health systems and comparative
policy analysis from a Latin American perspective. She is
currently focusing on research ethics, and in her thesis she
will address the need to protect aboriginal communities in
Mexico as participants in biomedical research.
Ruby Dhand
Ruby Dhand completed the joint M.A./LL.B program through the
Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton
University and the University of Ottawa Law School in 2007. She
is interested in health law and policy with a focus on
psychiatric consumer/survivors (recipients or former recipients
of mental health and/or addiction services). This interest stems
from her academic and community work experiences. During law
school, she was a caseworker at the University of Ottawa’s
Community Legal Clinic where she assisted women who were victims
of domestic violence, some of whom were psychiatric
consumer/survivors, to bring forth their claims to the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Board. As an articling student at the ARCH
Disability Law Centre, Ruby worked on law reform initiatives and
legal cases advocating for the rights of psychiatric
consumer/survivors.
Her work experiences at ARCH and the University of Ottawa’s
Community Legal Clinic have inspired her to begin a LL.M at the
University of Toronto in September 2008. In her LL.M thesis, she
will be analyzing the legal barriers faced by psychiatric
consumer/survivors from various ethno-cultural communities in
Ontario within the administrative law context.
Jennifer Dolling
Jennifer Dolling obtained a B.A. in Criminology with High
Distinction from the University of Toronto in 1996 and an LL.B.
from Queen’s University in 1999. Following her call to the
Ontario Bar in 2001, Jennifer practiced civil litigation,
focusing primarily on the areas of medical malpractice, health
disciplines defence, professional negligence and liability,
insurance defence, personal injury and contractual disputes. She
has defended various regulated health professionals involved in
civil suits and College complaints. Most recently, Jennifer has
worked in-house at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at
Mount Sinai Hospital, where she has been responsible for the
drafting, review and negotiation of research related contracts,
including industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical
study agreements, and the provision of general legal advice.
Jennifer is also a member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Research
Ethics Board.
Jennifer will be commencing a course-work intensive LL.M.
specializing in Health Law and Policy at the University of
Toronto in September 2008. She has been awarded a fellowship by
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Training Program in
Health Law and Policy.
Sandra Dughman
Sandra was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1974. At the end of 1996
she received her Ministerial Theological Degree, granted by the
Centre of Theological Studies. A few years later she was
accepted by Universidad de Chile Law School were she got her
LL.B in December 2007.
She has actively participated in the academic field by filling
different teaching assistant positions in “Constitutional Law”,
“Political Science” and recently in “Mediation and Negotiation
Legal Clinic”.
During 2003 she helped coordinate and organized the
“International Conference on Democracy”, which was conducted by
renown political scientists from all over the world. Later on
she assisted Professor Judith A. Teichman from the University of
Toronto, with data collection in Chile during 2003–2004, which
was use in the book “Social Democracy in the Global Periphery”
published in 2006.
In 2004 she was awarded first place at the “Women’s Human Rights
Essay Contest”, organized by Corporación de Deasarrollo de la
Mujer La Morada, co-authoring the essay “Post Abortion Syndrome:
The Destruction of a Myth”, which was published that same year.
Her LL.B. thesis “The use of Post Abortion Syndrome in Legal
Debate” also reflects her interest in developing a further
reproductive and sexual health law discussion in Chile.
In 2008 she was accepted by University of Toronto to pursue an
LL.M and was awarded a Graduate Scholarship in Reproductive and
Sexual Health Law for the academic year 2008-09.
Tracey Epps
Tracey Epps, BA/LLB(Hons). Tracey obtained a Bachelor of Arts
(political studies) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the
University of Auckland, in New Zealand. Following her studies,
Tracey spent four years working as a lawyer in Auckland,
including time as part of the health law team at one of the
country's largest law firms. In 2000, Tracey came to Toronto
where she obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of
Toronto. She then spent 18 months working as a consultant in the
health care practice at IBM Business Consulting Services in
Toronto. She is currently an SJD candidate at the Faculty of
Law, University of Toronto. Her doctoral research concerns
issues relating to the intersection of international trade law
and domestic health and safety regulations.
Lisa Forman
Lisa Forman, BA, LLB, MA. Lisa qualified as a lawyer in South
Africa with a BA and LLB from the University of the
Witwatersrand, and practiced in HIV/AIDS law, advocacy and
research in South Africa for several years. Lisa has a Masters
in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University, and is
currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto,
Faculty of Law. She has worked in Zambia, Switzerland and the
U.S.A. on HIV/AIDS and human rights-related projects, and has
published several articles and book chapters. Lisa's doctoral
research addresses the role of human rights, particularly the
right to health, in increasing access to essential AIDS
medicines, with a South African case study.
Isabelle French
Isabelle graduated with a Bachelors of Human Kinetics from U.B.C.
in 2002 and with her LL.B. with a specialization in health law
and policy from Dalhousie in 2006. Prior to attending law
school, she was involved in a variety of clinical research
studies at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Since
graduating with her LL.B., she has been working on her LL.M. on
a part-time basis while also working as a legal analyst for a
law firm in Halifax. At the completion of her maternity leave in
September, she will be articling with a law firm in Halifax.
Isabelle's thesis focuses on the the rights of mature minors to
consent to their own participation in clinical research studies.
Catherine Gaulton
Catherine Gaulton, RN, BN, LLB. Catherine practiced as a
registered nurse with a post-graduated specialization in
neurosciences nursing. She practiced as an associate lawyer in
corporate law with the law firm of Stewart McKelvey Stirling
Scales in Halifax Nova Scotia and then became Advisory Services
Council and Executive Director of the B.C. Health Care Risk
Management Society in Victoria, B.C. Since her return to Halifax
in June 2000, Catherine practiced as General Council with the
Worker's Compensation Board of Nova Scotia and is now a Senior
Solicitor with the Nova Scotia Department of Justice providing
advise to the Department of Health, primarily in the areas of
physician services, emergency health services, patient/health
care safety and health professions. She is a practicing member
of the Nova Scotia Barrister's Society and a non-practicing
member of the Law Society of British Columbia. Catherine is
pursuing her LLM on a part-time basis with an emphasis on Health
Care Safety.
Matthew Herder
Matthew Herder, BSc. (hons.), LL.B., is a Master of Laws student
at Dalhousie University. The primary focus of his thesis will
concern the impact of intellectual property, in particular
patents, upon the development of biotechnologies such as stem
cell research in the context of a publicly-funded health care
system. Matthew will also continue his work as a member of the
Novel Tech Ethics research team (www.noveltechethics.ca) based
at Dalhousie University, comprised of scholars in philosophy,
law, health economics and anthropology, both in Canada and
abroad.
Before undertaking his LL.M. degree, Matthew articled at
McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto, becoming a member of the
Ontario Bar, and clerked at the Federal Court for Madam Justice
Tremblay-Lamer. Currently, Matthew holds a Training Award from
APOGEE-Net, a Network which aims to support the development of
evidence-based health policies in the field of genetics through
transdisciplinary capacity-building. Matthew is expected to
complete internships at McGill University, Memorial University,
Health Canada and l’agence d’évaluation des technologies et des
modes d’intervention en santé (AETMIS) during the course of his
LL.M studies as part of the APOGEE-Net program.
Dennis Holland
Dennis Holland, BA, LLB. Dennis is currently working as Senior
Director Legislation, Policy, and Research with the Nova Scotia
Department of Health. Dennis has developed a 4-year plan to
review major pieces of health legislation in Nova Scotia, as
well as overseeing the development of legislation and passage of
legislative initiatives through the provincial legislature.
Dennis is pursuing his LLM degree in health law on a part-time
basis and the focus of Dennis's coursework is health law and
legislation.
Leah Hutt
Leah Hutt, BA, LLB, LLM. Leah graduated in 1993 from Huron
University College at the University of Western Ontario with a
BA in History. She attended law school at Dalhousie University,
graduating in 1997. Leah was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in
1998 and practiced law for several years before returning to
Dalhousie Law School for graduate work. The focus of her
graduate studies was on research ethics, in particular the
ethics of paying subjects for participating in medical research.
Leah graduated with her Master of Laws in October 2004. She is
currently working at Dalhousie's Health Law Institute as a
consultant to the Nova Scotia Department of Health.
Ireh Iyioha
Ireh Iyioha (LL.B (Hons) BL.) obtained her LLB from the
University of Benin, Nigeria in 2003 with the Best Graduating
Student of the Year Award and went on to the Nigerian Law School
in 2004 to obtain her BL. She served briefly as an intern with
F.E.Ayanka-Wilson & Co. after which she joined the Law Firm of
Iyioha & Iyioha as a research assistant; she is presently a
partner in the law firm of Iyioha & Iyioha in Benin City,
Nigeria. Her research topics have spanned both legal and
literary fields including, ‘Nigeria’s National Health Insurance
Scheme and Claims in Adverse Consequences of Medical
Intervention: Civil Liability or No-Fault Compensation?. She has
a number of publications in the areas of Obscenity (Obscenity
and the Boundaries of Free Expression: the Doctrine of Prior
Restraint, the Censor and Legal Standards) and Organized Crime (Corruptionand
White-Collar Crime: the Role of the Nigerian Legal System) among
others.
Ireh Iyioha is a recipient of over thirteen academic and
non-academic awards, including the Federal Government of Nigeria
Scholarship Award (2002/2003) and the First Atlantic Bank (PLC)
Prize for Contribution to Peace and Academic Development in the
University of Benin, Nigeria (2003).
Ireh Iyioha will join the University of Toronto as an LLM
student and will be researching on medical malpractice in
alternative/complementary medicine and analyzing Nigeria’s
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control’s (NAFDAC)
regulatory standards vis-a-vis legal parameters employed in
forensic medicine.
Dipika Jain
Dipika Jain graduated in Political Science (HONS) and completed
LL.B from Delhi University in the year 2004.In addition she has
a diploma in International Human Rights Law and International
Law and Diplomacy from Indian Society of International Law, New
Delhi.
After completing her LL.B, she joined Human Rights Law Network,
a legal N.G.O in Delhi. At HRLN, she worked on Refugee Rights,
Child Rights, Health Rights and other Public Interest
Litigations(PILs). She worked in the capacity of the National
co-ordinator and legal officer for the HIV/AIDS and the Law
Initiative. She also worked on a Public Interest Litigation (PILs)
in the Supreme Court of India, Voluntary Health Association of
Punjab v. Union of India, calling upon the Government to provide
universal access to antiretroviral drugs. She is working on a
book on HIV/AIDS and the Law in India with the Executive
Director of Human Rights Law Network.
Currently, she is pursuing LL.M in Health Law from Dalhousie
University with special interest in Ethics, Technology and
Health Law.
Sara Josselyn
Sara graduated in 2002 from Trinity College at University of
Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts, earning a double major
in Bioethics and Ethics, Society and Law. These studies focused
on the legal and ethical implications of modern socio-political
issues, and cultivated Sara's interest in the area of health
law.
After a working as a legal assistant at an insurance litigation
firm in her native New Brunswick, Sara entered Dalhousie
University Law School, graduating in May 2005. While at
Dalhousie she completed in a number of courses offered by
Dalhousie's Health law Institute.
Sara is currently an articled clerk at McInnes Cooper in
Halifax. She will be fulfilling her articling requirements over
a two-year period in order to undertake a thesis-based L.L.M. at
Dalhousie beginning in September.
Alison Keagan
Alison Keagan, BA (Honours), LLB, is a Master of Laws candidate
at Dalhousie University. She is the recipient of the Canadian
Institute for Health Research Training Fellowship in Health Law
and Policy. Her primary research interests are reproductive
health law and privacy issues in the health care system.
Before undertaking her undergraduate studies, she graduated from
McMaster University in 1999 and Dalhousie University in 2002.
She completed her summer articles at Heenan Blaikie in Toronto
and her articles at Davis & Company in Vancouver and was called
to the Bar as a member of the Law Society of British Columbia in
2003. For the previous two years, she practiced law at Bernard &
Partners in the area of insurance defense, including medical
malpractice.
Suzanne Kennedy
Suzanne graduated from Western Memorial Hospital School of
Nursing, Corner Brook, NL in 1984. She worked as registered
nurse for approximately 11 years. In 1998, she graduated with
her LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School. From 1999 – 2002, she
practised law in Halifax in the areas of family law and personal
injury litigation. Since 2002, she has worked at the College of
Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia as a consultant in the
professional conduct process involving registered nurses. In
2002, Suzanne was hired on a contract basis by the Health Law
Institute, Dalhousie, to teach health law to Dentistry Students
at Dalhousie. She currently teaches 2nd and 3rd year students on
part-time basis.
Suzanne is commencing her LL.M at Dalhousie in September 2006 on
part-time basis. For her thesis, Suzanne will explore the
ethical and legal issues impacting on disclosure by health care
providers of their positive blood borne pathogen status (HIV and
Hepatitis B and C).
Sasha (Alexandra) Kontic
Sasha Kontic, BSc., LLB, LLM. Sasha completed a BSc in
Microbiology in 1998 from the University of British Columbia,
then graduated from the UBC law program in 2001. Sasha was
called to the British Columbia Bar in 2002 and worked for one
year in the litigation department of a large Vancouver firm.
She particpated in the CIHR Health Law and Policy Training
Program in 2004-2005, using the funding to complete an LLM at
the University of Toronto. She studied a variety of health law
topics and her thesis examined the post market surveillance
system for pharmaceuticals in Canada. She is now working as
Legal Counsel for Health Canada.
Hope Kynomugisha
Hope is an LLM student in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie
University. She is a recipient of the Canadian Institute for
Health Research Training Fellowship in Health Law and Policy.
Hope completed her Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at
Law Development Centre, Kampala, Uganda in August, 2006. In 2005
she completed her LLB degree at Makerere University, Kampala,
Uganda.
In 1999 she graduated with a Diploma in Law from Law Development
Centre, Kampala, Uganda. During her diploma course she wrote a
Research Paper: “Is the Law sufficient to reduce traffic
accidents?” Case study: Kampala City (Unpublished Research Paper
submitted to the Law Development Centre, 1999)
She also obtained a Certificate in Secretarial Studies in 1988
from Nyamitanga Secretarial College, Mbarara, Uganda. She then
worked for 10 years as an Administrative Assistant with M/S.
Butagira & Co. Advocates, in Kampala. Working in the Law Firm
inspired her to enrol for a Diploma in Law Course in 1998 and
later for an LLB.
Research Interest: Health Law
During her LLM Course at Dalhousie, she has written the
following research papers:
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PATIENT SAFETY IN UGANDA: APPROACHES AND
MECHANISMS
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THE IMPACT OF DECENTRALISATION ON HEALTH
CARE DELIVERY AND DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA: A POSITIVE WORK IN
PROGRESS
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HIV/AIDS SUFFERERS AND SERO-DISCORDANTS IN
UGANDA: A SOCIO-CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF UNEQUAL TREATMENT
BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
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TRADITIONAL MEDICINE: OVERSIGHT OF
PRACTITIONERS AND PRACTICES IN UGANDA
Reinhard Lau
Reinhard started to study law at the University of Rostock,
Germany. He graduated from the University of Hamburg, Germany
with the "1. Juristisches Staatsexamen" in 2007. The University
of Hamburg awarded to him the academic title Diplom-Jurist.
Prior to the CIHR program in Health Law and Policy, he worked
for the law firm Brinkmann & Partner in Hamburg. His special
interest in health law arouse as he worked as a lifeguard for
the German Red Cross and in an emergency medical service for the
Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.
Reinhard is an LLM candidate in the coursework program at the
Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University. His main research
interests include physician-patient relationship, access to
medication, medical records, and problems associated with
transplantation. Following graduation, Reinhard plans to do a
dissertation in Germany.
Angela Long
Angela Long B.A. (Toronto), LL.B. (Osgoode), LL.M. (Toronto).
Angela is in the doctoral program at the Faculty of Law, Common
Law Section, University of Ottawa. She graduated from Victoria
University at the University of Toronto in 1995 with a B.A. in
philosophy. Upon graduation, she was the recipient of the Prince
of Wales Silver Medal for achieving the second highest standing
in her graduating class. She then completed her LL.B. at Osgoode
Hall, where she received the Lang Michener Shaw prize for the
highest standing in commercial law. After articling, Angela
spent two years clerking for the courts of the Yukon Territory.
She was then appointed as a Belzberg Legal Research and Writing
Fellow at the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta, where
she spent two years designing and teaching the faculty’s new
first year research and writing program. During her time at the
University of Alberta, Angela was also involved with the Health
Law Institute and was an associate editor of both the Health Law
Journal and the Health Law Review.
At the University of Toronto Angela was a CIHR Training Program
in Law and Policy Fellow. Currently, she is a Gowling Lafleur
Henderson Fellow and the recipient of a University of Ottawa
Doctoral Admissions Scholarship. She is also a part-time
professor at the Faculty of Law, Common Law section, where she
teaches Contract Law.
Angela’s LL.M. thesis was entitled “Human Dignity in the
Assisted Human Reproduction Act: An Alternative Conception”.
This work focused on the conception of human dignity used by
Parliament in legislating on reproductive technology and
provides critiques of this approach, which is seen as
inconsistent with the conception of human dignity within
Canadian law and policy generally. Angela’s doctoral work will
focus on the role of values, including that of human dignity, in
influencing the law in the areas of health and biotechnology,
with an emphasis on the therapy/enhancement debate. In addition
to her dissertation, Angela is currently conducting research in
the area of brain enhancements and privacy and on the medical
application of RFIDs.
Juhee Makkar
Juhee is an LLM candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of
Toronto. She is a recipient of the Canadian Institute for Health
Research Training Fellowship in Health Law and Policy.
Juhee graduated with her JD from the Faculty of Law, University
of Toronto in 2005. Prior to entering law school, she completed
a Bachelor of Arts & Science majoring in Economics from McMaster
University in 2002. While studying at McMaster, she was the
recipient of the Hurd Medal for Economics.
After completing her legal studies, Juhee was admitted to the
Ontario bar in 2006. She articled and practiced with Torys LLP,
an international business law firm. Her areas of concentration
included competition and general corporate/commercial law.
For her thesis, Juhee will examine the issues surrounding
current access to cancer drugs in Canada and whether existing
funding mechanisms comply with the guiding principles of the
Canada Health Act.
Fiona McDonald
Fiona McDonald, BA, LLB, LLM. Fiona is an Associate Lecturer at
the School of Law at Queensland University of Technology in
Australia and is a doctoral candidate at Dalhousie Law School,
Canada. Her thesis examines the governance of patient safety in
Canada and England. Fiona completed her BA in politics and her
LLB at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) 1999.
After Fiona graduated with her LLB she was admitted to the Bar
as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
and became a legal advisor to New Zealand's Health and
Disability Commissioner. Fiona completed her LLM, focusing on
health law, at Dalhousie University in 2003. Fiona was a
Research Associate at the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie
University from March 2004-April 2005.
Nisha Menon
Nisha Menon’s academic focus is on legal issues in
reproductive and sexual health care and on related feminist
legal theory. She will be starting an LLM at the University of
Toronto in September 2008 in which she will be assessing the
success of legislation and the courts in mediating on the
maternal-foetal conflict and in regulating assisted reproductive
technologies in Canada.
Nisha read law at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
and graduated with an LLB. She was awarded a Starred First Class
for her dissertation on court-ordered caesareans and the right
to treatment refusal and was given the Punch Coomaraswamy Award
for Outstanding Contribution to the School of Law.
In addition to her legal interests, Nisha Menon earned a
Bachelors degree in Environmental Engineering from the National
University of Singapore and has worked as legal counsel for a
multinational engineering company and as general counsel for an
environmental consultancy.
Ninoslav Mladenovic
Ninoslav Mladenovic has earned his LLM degree in International
Human Rights Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School in
2001. He has an extensive professional experience in human
rights filed with OSCE, UN and various national and
international NGOs. His primary focus was promotion and
protection of international minority rights standards, analyzing
the implementation of those standards in comparative
jurisdictions, and proposing policy initiatives to address
problems faced by particular vulnerable groups.
Mr. Mladenovic’s involvement in the field of public health began
with an interest in HIV prevention strategies in his native
Macedonia, where being involved in the implementation of the
project related to advocacy and lobbying for improvement of
sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. His
international involvement, particularly with respect to the work
of the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) only broadened the
scope of his interest in HIV testing, criminalization of HIV
transmission, travel restrictions for HIV positive people,
providing information to patients etc.
Mr. Mladenovic’s acceptance at 2008/09 UT Graduate Programme in
Sexual and Reproductive Health Law will only bring him a step
forward into applying a human rights framework to sexual and
reproductive health, and teach him novel approaches how to
improve global response to HIV/AIDS.
Martina Munden
Martina Munden, BACS, LLB. Martina completed her Bachelor of
Arts Community Studies at the University College of Cape Breton
in 1996 and graduated with her LLB, with a specialization in
health law and policy, in 1999 from Dalhousie University. She
was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 2000. She is currently a
partner with Patterson Palmer Law.
Martina is completing her LLM on a part-time basis. Her research
thesis is titled "Community Treatment Orders, and Their Impact
on Women's Autonomy".
Thu Minh Nguyen
Biography not yet available.
Obiajulu Nnamuchi
Obiajulu Nnamuchi is a human rights attorney from Nigeria. Prior
to his acceptance to the Canadian Institute for Health Research
Training Fellowship in Health Law and Policy, he held various
legal positions in Nigeria and the United States. He obtained an
LL.M from the University of Toronto in 2006 and proceeded to
Loyola University Chicago where he is completing a doctoral
program in health law and policy. His research and writing
concentrate on moral and ethical issues in health care,
financing/governance of health care and the intersection of
health and human rights.
Remiguis Nwabueze
Biography not yet available.
Ubaka Ogbogu
Ubaka will be commencing S.J.D. studies at the University of
Toronto in September 2008 in the area of health and
biotechnology law and policy, with particular focus on the
history of, and legal theories relevant to science regulation.
His S.J.D research will examine the historical influence of law
on science, and normative philosophical contexts upon which the
study of issues in health and biotechnology law can be grounded.
Ubaka currently works as a research associate at the Health Law
Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta and also holds
a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Doctoral
Scholarship. He is a graduate of the LL.M program at the
University of Alberta (2004), and the LL.B program at the
University of Benin, Nigeria (1997).
Idowu Ohioze
Idowu Ohioze recently obtained a master's degree in Law (LLM)
from the University of Alberta where he researched into "Access
to Essential Medicines: Analysis of the TRIPs Amendment and
Canada's Jean Chretien Pledge to Africa Act".
While in the programme, he participated in various research
projects with the Health Law Institute and attended academic
conferences around Canada where he presented papers on the
patentability of stem cell research in Canada, access to
essential medicines in developing countries etc.
Ohioze, a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria, holds an LLB from the University of Benin in Nigeria
and was also at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi Nigeria for a
diploma in Mass Communication. He presently works, on a
consultancy, with Engelking Wood, a law firm in Edmonton,
Alberta. His research interests include biotechnology,
patentability of stem cell research, access to medicines for the
poor, the Genome project etc.
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe
Cheluchi graduated from the University of Nigeria in 2000 with
First Class Honours. She was called to the Nigerian bar in 2002.
She practised law with G. Elias & Co. in Lagos, Nigeria before
commencing her LLM at Dalhousie University in September 2003.
Cheluchi graduated with her LLM from Dalhousie in 2004.
Cheluchi started her JSD at Dalhousie University in January
2007. Her thesis focuses on the governance of research involving
humans in developing countries.
Demitry Papasotiriou
Biography not yet available.
Caroline Pitfield
Caroline Pitfield, BA, MA, LLB, LLM. Caroline completed a BA in
History and English at the University of Toronto and an MA in
History and Sociology of Science, Medicine and Technology at the
University of Pennsylvania prior to attending law school at the
University of Toronto. She received her LLB in 2000 and was a
litigation associate at McMillan Binch before returning to the
University of Toronto to pursue graduate work. Her thesis
research was on administrative and constitutional challenges
brought by Canadians seeking better access to insured health
care services. In particular, she critically examined the
decisions rendered by specialized administrative appeal boards
and courts in Canada in response to such challenges with a view
to evaluating the comparative accessibility and effectiveness of
these mechanisms. She completed her LLM in September 2003 and is
now working as Legal Counsel for Health Canada.
Samara Polansky
Samara Polansky, (B.A.(Hons), LL.B.). Samara completed her
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Political Science at McGill
University. She graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2004,
where she was supported by the John Graham Fellowship. In 2005,
Samara was called to the Bar of Ontario. After articling at
Heenan Blaikie in Toronto, Samara worked as primary researcher
for the Canadian Association for Community Living, examining the
legal and regulatory context of prenatal genetic testing,
pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, genetic counseling,
selective abortion, and wrongful life/wrongful birth law suits,
and the consequences of this regulation for people with
disabilities. Samara serves on the Executive of the Board of
Directors of the Ontario Foundation for Visually Impaired
Children, and will be a guest lecturer for the course Disability
and the Law at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2006. Samara is
currently a Master of Laws student at the University of Toronto.
Her primary research interests include the medicalization of
disability, mental health law, gender and reproductive issues,
and health policy.
Cheryl Power
Cheryl Power BSc, BA, LLB. Cheryl received a Bachelor of Science
in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from
Memorial University of Newfoundland. She then attended law
school at the University of Saskatchewan where she received a
LLB in 2001. She articled with an Intellectual Property firm in
Toronto, ON and was called to the Ontario bar in 2002. During
the past year she worked in a research position at the
University of Genoa, Genoa. Italy. She is currently pursuing her
LLM at the University of Alberta. Her thesis will investigate
the ethical, legal and social issues surrounding nanotechnology
with a specific focus on issues relevant to Canadian Healthcare.
Simon Rabinovitch
Biography not yet available.
Catherine Régis
Catherine Régis, LLB, LLM. Catherine obtained her Bachelor of
Laws at the University of Montreal and her Master’s degree in
Health Law and Policy at the University of Sherbrooke. She also
completed a Certificate in Clinical Ethics from the University
of Geneva and is a member of the Quebec Bar. She is currently
finishing her Doctorate at the Faculty of Law of the University
of Toronto under professor Colleen M. Flood. In her doctoral
thesis, she explores what represents the optimal conflict
resolution model for patients facing access-to-care issues. She
is addressing the subject using the Law and Psychology and
Comparative approaches. She recently accepted a tenure track
position at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sherbrooke
in Quebec. Catherine is also a member of the Quebec Public
Health Ethics Committee.
Nola Ries
BA, LLB, MPA, LLM
Carolina Ruiz Austria
Carolina S. Ruiz Austria is a Senior Lecturer at the University
of the Philippines, College of Law. She was founding Executive
Director of the Women's Legal Education, Advocacy and Defense
Foundation, Inc.from 2000-2005. She currently serves as a
volunteer and the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for
Womenlead. She was National Convener of the Reproductive Health
Advocacy Network (RHAN) in 2003 and a Packard-Gates Fellow at
the University of California's International Family Planning
Leadership Program in 2001. She has worked as an independent
conusltant on women's human rights as well as sexual and
reproductive rights advocacy NGOs such as Intermnational Planned
Parenthood (IPPF)U.K., Women's Feature Service and the Women and
Gender Institute (WAGI).
Carol is currently a blogger on Global Perspectives at
RHRealitycheck.Org.
Robert Shapiro
Robert Shapiro is entering into the LL.M. program at the
University of Toronto where he will be looking at the regulation
of the pharmaceutical industry. Robert concurrently completed
his U.S. Juris Doctor degree (magna cum laude) at the University
of Detroit and his Canadian Bachelor of Laws at the University
of Windsor in 2005. Prior to law school, Robert specialized in
chemistry at the University of Toronto where he graduated with
an Honours Bachelor of Science with distinction.
Robert articled at a mid-size general practice firm in Toronto
and will be called to the bar of the Law Society of Upper Canada
in July 2006.
Robert published his first paper on patent infringement during
at ime of emergency focussing on the legal and policy reasons
for dealing with patents rights during medical epidemics. Robert
has also been a teaching assistant teaching Contracts and
undergraduate chemistry.
Jacob Shelley
Jacob Shelley is currently a LLM student at the University of
Alberta and has been a Researcher with the Health Law Institute
since May of 2007. Prior to that he worked as a student research
assistant during the course of his legal studies at the
University of Alberta. Before entering law school, Jacob studied
theology and philosophy. He has a BA from the University of
Waterloo and a Masters of Theological Studies from Conrad Grebel
University College at the University of Waterloo. Jacob finished
his LLB in 2007. His LLM is under the supervision of Timothy
Caulfield and is exploring the normative framework for public
health law.
Jacob's interests include public health law, biotechnology and
genetics. The focus of his LLM research will be on the use of
public health law as a tool to address the obesity epidemic.
Upon completion of his LLM, Jacob aspires to complete a PhD and
pursue a career in public health law. Jacob has presented at
several conferences across Canada and in the United States.
Lori Sheremeta
Lori Sheremeta, RT (N.M.)(assoc.) LLB. Lori is a graduate of the
University of Alberta and was called to the Bar of Quebec in
2001. Lori articled at Oyen Wiggs Green and Mutala. Lori is
currently enrolled in the LLM programme at the University of
Alberta and is the recipient of the Alberta Law Foundation
Scholarship in Health Law and Policy. Her thesis is focused on
the legal, ethical and policy considerations of large scale
population genetics studies and associated databanks.
She is currently employed by the Health Law Institute, Alberta,
as a Research Associate. Her work is focused on the legal,
ethical and social issues surrounding genetic technologies
(Genome Prairie), stem cell technologies (Stem Cell Network) and
nanotechnology (National Institute of Nanotechnology). Lori has
a particular interest in the intersection of intellectual
property law and health policy both in Canada and abroad. Lori
has co-authored background papers for Genome Canada, the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian
Biotechnology Advisory Committee on various issues relating to
genetic research in Canada.
In addition to her research duties, Lori sits on the University
of Alberta Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee, the Cross Cancer
Institute Animal Care Committee and on the Scientific Advisory
Board of the Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Society.
Lisa Shields
Biography not yet available.
Rami Shoucri
Rami Shoucri, B.Sc. (McGill,
2003), J.D. (Osgoode Hall Law School, 2007), completed his LL.M.
at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law in 2008 under the
supervision of Dr. Colleen Flood. He was a recipient of the
Canadian Institute for Health Research Training Fellowship in
Health Law and Policy in support of his studies.
His
coursework during the 2007-2008 academic year included
Contemporary Issues in Health Law and Policy, Sexual and
Reproductive Health Law, Comparative Health Law, and
International Human Rights. His thesis was entitled
"Accelerating bridge building between intertwined paths: Legal
governance of the delivery and financing of health care services
in the context of Crown-Aboriginal relationships in Canada" and
can be found at
http://gradworks.umi.com/MR/45/MR45089.html
Since
graduating, Rami has enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program
at the University of Toronto (class of 2012) , where, in
addition to his medical studies, he has taken on several
leadership positions, including serving as President of the
Medical Society for the 2009-2010 academic year. He aspires to
practice family medicine while contributing to health care
policy and/or administration.
Daniel Sperling
Daniel Sperling, BA, LLB, LLM. Daniel received a Bachelor's
degree in both law and philosophy from the Hebrew University and
a Master's degree in law from the University of Toronto. His
supervisor at Toronto was Professor Trudo Lemmens. His Master's
programme was a collaborative programme in law and bioethics.
Daniel wrote a thesis on management of post-mortem pregnancy and
discussed the legal and ethical issues of the dilemma whether to
maintain a brain-dead pregnant woman on life-support for the
delivery of her fetus.
Daniel is currently enrolled as a doctorate student in law at
the University of Toronto (Supervisor: Prof. Bernard Dickens).
In his doctorate programme, he intends on exploring the legal
and philosophical aspects of the various treatments that are
performed on the "newly-dead" persons, such as practicing
resuscitation procedures, doing research on dead people,
extracting organs and other tissues from the dead for
therapeutic purposes, and using the dead for future
reproduction. While analyzing these issues, he hopes to focus
not only on the family members of the brain-dead patient and
their "interests" in the first, but on the legal and moral
status of the brain-dead person herself.
Aside from legal and bioethical scholarship, Daniel is familiar
with the responsibilities involved in teaching, having served as
an examiner, supervisor, and research assistant at the three
leading Israeli law faculties and the Joint Centre for Bioethics
at the University of Toronto. His professional career includes
experience as a trainee lawyer under the supervision of the
Israeli State Attorney, as well as a legal assistant to a trial
judge, to a retired Vice President of the Supreme Court, and
most notably as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Israel.
Daniel's areas of interest are: end-of-life issues (specifically
medical treatment on brain-dead patients, brain-death and moral
and legal status of dead persons), reproduction (specifically
issues related to women's fertility, pregnancy and moral and
legal status of embryos gametes and fetuses), law and
psychiatry, advance directives and the process of
decision-making for incompetent patients. Daniel is currently
pursuing his doctoral research in Cambridge UK as a visitor to
Cambridge Forum for Legal and Political Philosophy. Daniel
recently published his first book: "Management of Post-Mortem
Pregnancy: Legal and Philosophical Aspects" (Ahgate).
Michael Thomas
Michael graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand in
2004 with First Class Honours and was admitted to the New
Zealand bar in 2005. Michael is currently an LLM student at the
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. He is a recipient of the
Canadian Institute for Health Research Training Fellowship in
Health Law and Policy.
As a student Michael worked as a law clerk at the Ministry of
Health. Following his LLB, Michael practiced at the Office of
the Crown Solicitor in Auckland, New Zealand for 2 ½ years.
Michael worked in a medico-legal and public liability team and
his work included advising health clients and appearing in court
on a range of criminal and health related proceedings. In 2005,
Michael completed a short secondment to the Office of the Health
and Disability Commissioner, which investigates all complaints
against medical practitioners in New Zealand.
During the academic year 2007/2008, Michael will be completing
many of the health law papers taught at the University of
Toronto. He will be completing his thesis on the topic of
psychiatrist-patient privilege. Specifically, he will be
focusing on the discretion/duty to breach this confidence to
protect third parties.
Yola Ventresca
Yola Ventresca, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B. Yola is the recipient of a
2006 Canada Graduate Scholarship (Master's Award) from the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research council. In addition,
Yola is a non-funded CIHR Training Program Fellowship in Health
Law and Policy. During the 2006-2007 academic term, she will be
enrolled in the LL.M. program at the University of Toronto.
Yola obtained her Bachelor of Laws Degree in 2005 from the
Faculty of Law at The University of Western Ontario. Prior to
commencing the LL.M., Yola completed her articles of clerkship
at Lerners LLP in London, Ontario. She was called to the Ontario
Bar in 2006.
Yola’s thesis will examine the development of the doctrine of
informed consent in Ontario. In particular, Yola will examine
how and why changing conceptions of the physician-patient
relationship came to be reflected in the law of consent to
treatment.
Michael Waite
Michael Waite, B.A. L.L.B. Michael graduated from the University
of Calgary law school in 1998, articled with Bennett Jones LLP
and was called to the Bar as a member of the Law Society of
Alberta in 1999. As a student and litigation associate at
Bennett Jones LLP, Michael worked primarily in the area of
health law with a focus on the defence of medical negligence
actions and the defence of disciplinary proceedings against
physicians. Michael joined Stones Fontaine Carbert in October
2003 and the majority of his practice is now focused on
defending the Calgary Health Region and other provincial Health
Regions on behalf of the Alberta Provincial Health Authorities
Association. Michael also practices in Employment Law as well as
general civil and commercial litigation.
Michael has commenced his L.L.M. in Health Law and Policy at the
University of Alberta and will be researching and writing in the
areas of Medical Error, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance.
Michael is an extremely active member of the Calgary Legal
Community. Michael coaches the University of Calgary, Faculty of
Law, corporate/securities law moot team. He is a volunteer
lawyer at Student Legal Assistance and Calgary Legal Guidance.
Michael is the external member of the University of Calgary
Faculty of Law Mooting and Debating Committee and is a volunteer
judge for various mooting competitions. Michael has been a judge
of the Canadian National Phillip C. Jessup International Moot
Court Competition since 1999. Michael is a member of the Board
of Directors of Student Legal Assistance at the University of
Calgary and is Chair of the board of directors of the Calgary
John Howard Society. Michael is also a member of the Law Society
of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association, the Calgary Bar
Association and the Calgary Medical-Legal Association.
Sheila Wildeman
Sheila Wildeman,, BA, MA, LLB. Sheila started as an assistant
professor at Dalhousie Law School in July 2004. She articled
with the law firm Eberts Symes Street and Corbett in 1999-2000
and was called to the Bar in Ontario in February 2001. She was a
Research Associate at the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie in
2001 and entered the SJD program at the University of Toronto in
September 2002. Her doctoral thesis explores the normative
tensions or broad contests of value implicit in the legal
determination of capacity to make treatment decisions in the
context of involuntary psychiatric committal.
Anthea Williams
Anthea Williams, BA, LLB. Anthea studied for a BA (Politics) and
a LLB (Honours)(1st) at Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand. She was called to the Bar of New Zealand in 2000 and
worked for a specialist public law firm before moving to the
Crown Law Office, New Zealand Government's legal advisor. Anthea
is currently studying for an LLM at the University of Toronto.
Her specific academic interest is Potential Government Liability
for Accidents in The Health Sector.
Matthew Wong
Matthew Wong, Hon. BSc (Toronto), MSc (Toronto), LLB (Osgoode)
is an LLM candidate in the coursework intensive program in
Health Law and Policy at the Faculty of Law, University of
Toronto. Matthew’s research interests in the areas of law and
bioethics include: Constitutional and ethical rights of patients
in the Canadian healthcare system; Access to experimental and
off-label drugs as innovative therapies; Interaction between the
pharmaceutical industry, patients, and related stakeholders;
Medical negligence; the doctor-patient relationship.
Clara Wong
Clara completed her J.D. and LL.B at the University of Toronto
and The University of Hong Kong respectively. She also completed
a B.A. at the University of Toronto. Clara has written on health
issues as they relate to the Canadian and Hong Kong contexts.
After graduation, Clara articled at an international law firm in
Hong Kong. She is returning to the University of Toronto in 2007
to pursue her LL.M studies. Clara is a recipient of the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research Training Fellowship in Health Law
and Policy. She expects her thesis will involve examination of
the relationship between religion/culture and end-of-life
healthcare.
Wei Wang
Wei Wang is an LL.M. candidate in the Faculty of Law at the
University of Alberta, Canada. Obtaining her Master’s degree in
Philosophy at the University of Alberta and Bachelor’s degrees
in both Philosophy and Law at Peking University (PKU), one of
the best universities in China, Wei has begun to appreciate the
multiplicative power of combining these two fields to approach
ethical and legal issues arising in the context of biomedical
research and health policy. Her primary research interests lie
at health law, bioethics, and the intersection of biotechnology
and intellectual property. Her LL.M. thesis is intended to
examine legal, socio-ethical and policy issues posed by the
existing intellectual property protection system—particularly
stem cell patenting.
Akorede Yusuff
Akorede Yusuff was called to the Nigerian bar in 1995. He
graduated with a Master of Laws,from Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile- Ife, Osun State, Nigeria in 1999. He obtained his BL in
1995 and his LLB in 1994. Yusuff recently defended his PhD
Thesis with the Title "A Critical Evaluation of the Legal Regime
of Computer Related Crimes in Nigeria." He has publications in
all areas of his academic interest.
His specializations include: Law and Medicine, Intellectual
Property Law and Criminal Law. Akorede will be entering the LLM
program at the University of Toronto. His main area of interest
will be reproductive technologies and their implications.Before
entering into the LL.M. program Akorede lectured at Obafemi
Awolowo University.
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