It was a pleasure taking part in this Purple Public Health episode with Dr Salma Abdalla on public health errors. From mistakes during the opioid epidemic to policy decisions, we discussed why things go wrong in public health and why learning from these errors matters www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBV1...

Ending provincial funding for supervised consumption sites is an ethical and policy failure. This decision disproportionately harms people who are already multiply disadvantaged by factors such as poverty, racism, trauma, and systemic neglect. 1/ #bioethics

Thanks to Anu Radha Verma at @thestar.com for the opportunity to discuss some ethical considerations related to chronic pain self-management apps. www.thestar.com/news/insight... #bioethics #chronicpain #sts

Thanks to Anu Radha Verma at @thestar.com for the opportunity to discuss some ethical considerations related to chronic pain self-management apps. www.thestar.com/news/insight... #bioethics #chronicpain #sts

In Health Policy, we propose an independent third-party institution to conduct rigorous, technology-enhanced monitoring of drug safety and effectiveness without relying on pharmaceutical companies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"You need to finish reviewing scholarship applications" said Frog. "You need to write reference letters." "But this morning is @coffeeoutside.bsky.social, and tonight is The Librarians at the Metro Cinema for Right to Read Week!" I will do it all tomorrow!" cried Toad.

“Your grant needs to be written,” said Frog. “You need to respond to your emails.” “Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!” #academicsky

#ThrowbackThursday | The first Center for Bioethics in Canada and the French-speaking world was established at the IRCM on September 23, 1976. The Institute's auditorium was packed to capacity for this historic event.

I am clearly biased, but Canada has been the far better team 🍁

How many ways can Canada almost but not score, let's watch

Yes - and I would add it’s also a public health ethics issue! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

How does one make the existential decision to specialize in hurtling down icy death mazes head-first vs feet-first?

Honest Olympics-related question: how does one decide that they want to devote their life to become a skeleton racer? “Yes, I would like to go speeding down an ice race track at 145 km+ per hour (~90 mph) head first on a tiny sled and practice this all the time.” I am in awe of the athletes…but. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Honest Olympics-related question: how does one decide that they want to devote their life to become a skeleton racer? “Yes, I would like to go speeding down an ice race track at 145 km+ per hour (~90 mph) head first on a tiny sled and practice this all the time.” I am in awe of the athletes…but. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Legendary Canadian comedian Catherine O’Hara dead at 71

📣The Bioethics Council for Canada released its inaugural report, “Future Proofing Trust in Health Science in Canada.” I’m honoured to have contributed to the report as a member of the Board of Directors. bcc-ccb.ca/news-%7C-nou...

I’ve started a Substack dedicated to PUBLIC HEALTH ERRORS. Subscribe, it’s free :) itaibavli.substack.com

Happy Festivus, all! May your pole be straight, your feats be strong, and your grievances be few. #festivus #fortherestofus

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

In collab with the @utoronto.ca JCB, we at @camhnews.bsky.social are thrilled to host Dr Dominic Sisti from @upenn.edu for the 18th Annual Jus Lecture (Jan 19, 2026). His talk explores psychiatric ethics under authoritarianism and social instability. Register: bit.ly/4rXJyRX #bioethics #psychiatry

now feels like a test of whether those who say they’re just antizionist and not antisemitic actually demonstrate that

If only someone had spent the last decade writing about unreasonable demands for proof of causation as a key component in the #ManufactureOfDoubt. muse.jhu.edu/article/627259

like big tobacco funding cancer research

Today on the #projectEPIC blog Veronica de Souza Campos and Daniel De Luca-Noronha discuss the Case of Chronic Pain Reports #philsky #epistemicinjustice epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/11/epis...

🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402

“Has the claim that addiction is a brain disease helped or harmed those experiencing drug-related harm epistemically?” This is also an important Q for contested conditions, eg chronic pain, which are increasingly understood as a disease. #bioethics #stigma www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👀 Ooh...

Truth.

The political war on safer drugs. Canada’s toxic drug crisis has led to tens of thousands of deaths and cost the health and justice systems billions. But politics keep getting in the way of solutions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJ-... via @cbcnews.ca

New study: Alcohol industry-funded charities still misleading the public: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Previous research identified alcohol industry misinformation about pregnancy and infant health. Dr Gemma Mitchell's new study finds that misinformation continues in Aus, Can, Ire, SA, UK & US.

I'm excited to announce the establishment of the Western University Centre for Bioethics (@westernbioethics.bsky.social), a research centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences @westernu.ca. I'm honoured to serve as the Centre's inaugural Director. #bioethics Join us for a launch event (cont 👇)

That's why I wrote this: www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...

An inspiring time in London at a @wellcometrust.bsky.social workshop on the ethics of predictive modelling for health. Grateful for rich discussions (esp. in mental health), insights from Drs. Ruth Faden & Erica Thompson + others. Glad I got to draw upon @mdmccradden.bsky.social's work! #bioethics

An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Trey Yesavage has set the all-time record for strikeouts by a rookie in the World Series with 12. #BlueJays

Thank you to Dr. Jan Vollert and the @iasp.bsky.social for inviting me to be part of this engaging panel today, alongside luminaries Joletta Belton and Dr. Antje Barreveld. It's great that the IASP recognizes the importance of ethics in discussions about pain and AI. #bioethics #pain #stigma

Thank you to Dr. Jan Vollert and the @iasp.bsky.social for inviting me to be part of this engaging panel today, alongside luminaries Joletta Belton and Dr. Antje Barreveld. It's great that the IASP recognizes the importance of ethics in discussions about pain and AI. #bioethics #pain #stigma

It took over 4 years, but the paper is finally published. In this study, we developed novel methods drawn from #LegalEpidemiology to map addiction #stigma in California law. This #interdisciplinary work was conceptually and methodologically difficult!⤵️ #PaperSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky 1/

Dr. Stramondo: "Wheelchairs are NEVER medically necessary. They are SOCIALLY necessary to allow the user to access social inclusion and the good of life. This is ... medicalizing access!" #ASBH2025 #Bioethics

Thrilled to share my new AJOB piece with Michael Montess! We respond to the target article on waitlist ethics by highlighting how different waitlist models can create moral distress for mental health providers. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Bioethics #MentalHealth #moraldistress

Man Still Trying To Find Right Work-Anxiety–Life-Anxiety Balance https://theonion.com/man-still-trying-to-find-right-work-anxiety-life-anxiet-1819575766/

This looks like the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. we saw in the Minor Leagues, back in 2017-’19, when he was overwhelming pitchers. It’s so, so rare to see a hitter be in control of an at-bat, not a pitcher. This is the best I’ve ever seen Guerrero play. #BlueJays

We are hiring. #bioethics @munbioethics.bsky.social

We’re excited to share a CfP for a Special Issue “Bioethics and Structural (In)justice” in Bioethics! We invite articles from all disciplines. Deadline: September 1, 2026 We can’t wait to read your contributions! Regina Müller, Mirjam Faissner, Isabella Marcinski-Michel & Stefanie Weigold

"There has never been — nor will there ever be — any other player like Ken Dryden. He was unique. And I am so honoured to have been able to call him my friend." — by @spaikin.bsky.social

Pleased to see our viewpoint, 'Bioethics for the Planet', published in @thelancet.com yesterday, and featured online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Medical ethics needs urgently to address global heating, the major threat to human health and the health of the planet #bioethics #planetaryhealth