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About Maxwell Smith

Maxwell J. Smith, PhD, MSc, is an academic and clinical bioethicist. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Health Studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University. In addition, Dr. Smith is the Co-Director of Western University’s Health Ethics, Law, and Policy (HELP) Lab, and is a Consulting Bioethicist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario. A former Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, his research bridges philosophical scholarship with social science research methods to investigate declared values in public health policy, practice, and research, including ‘social justice’ and ‘health equity’. His research also explores ethical issues and considerations that emerge in the context of organ donation and the use of artificial intelligence in public health decision-making.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Western University ‐ Department of Philosophy
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Present Faculty Member, Western University ‐ Global Health Equity
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Present Adjunct Professor, Clark University ‐ Department of Bioethics
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Present Assistant Professor, Western University ‐ Faculty of Health Sciences
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Present Assistant Professor (status), University of Toronto ‐ Division of Clinical Public Health & Joint Centre for Bioethics
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Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

Faculty Member, Complex Adaptive Systems Lab
Co-director, Health Ethics, Law, & Policy (HELP) Lab
Associate Member, Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
Associate Member, Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Member, entre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion (CRHESI)
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Courses

  • Health equity
  • Bioethics
  • Health policy

Education

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BA (Hons), University of Toronto
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MSc, Union Graduate College & the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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PhD, University of Toronto
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Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, McGill University
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Certificate in Health Law, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
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