Prof. Charles E Weijer
Fellow
Current Employer
Western University
Election Year
2016
Academy
Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Discipline
Philosophy / Ethics
Department
Department of Philosophy
Keywords
Research ethics, clinical equipoise, communities, clinical trial, neuroimaging, Bioethics, COVID-19, Covid-19, corona virus
WEIJER, Charles – Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University
Charles Weijer is the world authority on the ethics of randomized controlled trials. His publications on placebos, harm-benefit analysis, and protecting communities in research are broadly influential. He co-led a team that produced the first ethical guidelines for cluster-randomized trials. In 2008, he founded the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, dedicated to engagement between philosophers and scientists, and served as its first director.
Charles Weijer is the world authority on the ethics of randomized controlled trials. His publications on placebos, harm-benefit analysis, and protecting communities in research are broadly influential. He co-led a team that produced the first ethical guidelines for cluster-randomized trials. In 2008, he founded the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, dedicated to engagement between philosophers and scientists, and served as its first director.
Charles Weijer est une sommité mondiale des aspects éthiques des essais contrôlés randomisés aléatoires. Ses publications sur l’effet placebo et sur la protection des personnes impliquées dans la recherche sont très influentes. Il a codirigé une équipe qui a produit les premières lignes directrices relatives aux aspects éthiques des essais randomisés en cluster. En 2008, il a fondé le « Rotman Institute de Philosophie », qui est dédié à l’étude philosophique des questions scientifiques contemporaines, et il en était le tout premier directeur.