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For the first time, STREAM will be co-hosting a workshop event with CIRST, the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et al technologie. On April 9th at UQAM (see full location info below), Kristin Voigt will be speaking on “E-cigarettes and Smoking Norms: Do Concerns About the Renormalisation of Smoking Justify Regulation of E-cigarettes?”… Continue reading Kristin Voigt, co-hosted by STREAM and CIRST

Jeremy Howick’s research draws on his interdisciplinary training as a philosopher of science and clinical epidemiologist. He has two related areas of interest: (1) Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), including EBM ‘hierarchies’ of evidence, clinical epidemiology, and how point of care tests might improve practice; and (2) philosophy of medicine, including the epistemological foundations of Evidence-Based Medicine,… Continue reading Jeremy Howick visits STREAM on March 25th

James Overton is the founder of Knocean, a consulting and development service at the intersection of philosophy, science, and software. Example projects include ontology development and deployment, building semantic web tools, and developing custom web applications for scientific and medical projects. He specializes in scientific database integration using biomedical ontologies. On February 18th at 3… Continue reading James Overton visits STREAM on February 18th

Charles Weijer is a philosopher, physician, and the Canada Research Chair in Bioethics at Western University. His academic interests center on the ethics of medical research. He has written about using placebos in clinical trials, weighing the benefits and harms of medical research, and protecting communities in research. On January 12th at 3 PM, he… Continue reading Charles Weijer visits STREAM on January 12th