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Jennifer Fishman

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor, Department of Equity Ethics and Policy;
Associate Member, Department of Sociology

Jennifer Fishman
Contact Information
Email address: 
jennifer.fishman [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

2001 ۲ݮƵ College Avenue,
11th floor #1161

Phone: 
514) 398-7403
Degree(s): 

Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco

Department: 
Equity, Ethics and Policy
Biography: 

Dr. Fishman is a sociologist of science, technology, and medicine. She uses empirical qualitative methods to describe and analyze the emergence of new medical knowledge and technologies, from the early stages of development to their integration into clinical practice and dissemination to clinicians and patients. Often referred to as “empirical ethics,” she analyzes the oft unexamined and presumptive ethics and values within new scientific enterprises and how these impact research trajectories, technological diffusion and commercialization, and ultimately patients/consumers. She has studied new pharmaceutical drug development and advertising, anti-aging science and medicine, direct-to-consumer genetic risk susceptibility testing, end-of-life medical decisions, prenatal genetic carrier testing panels, and the promise of personalized genomic medicine. Her new project will examine the early translation of epigenetic research and knowledge into public health and media messages to prospective parents.

Courses: 

Social Studies of Medicine, MED IV Elective
Neuroethics, NSCI 300
Gender and Health, SOCI 390

Research areas: 
Biomedical Ethics
Ethics and Social Policy
Selected publications: 

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