About Me


Janice E. Graham, PhD is an anthropologist of science, technology and medicine, and University Research Professor (2018-23) at Dalhousie University where she is a Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) in the Faculty of Medicine. She studies the construction of evidence for the safety and effectiveness of emerging therapeutics and vaccines, following these products from bench to bedside. Interested in the cultural, technical and moral tensions of health regulation and technology assessment, she's written over 100 publications, 28 technical reports, 300 scholarly papers and presented evidence to the Science Policy Directorate, the Office of Legislative and Regulatory Modernization, the Parliament of Canada, WHO and United Nations on regulatory risks of industry capture of research. Exploring the commercialization of publicly funded health innovation, Graham's research shows that when corporate interest directs innovation, fault lines appear at the intersection of regulatory policies and scientific practices that can compromise safety and efficacy. Graham formerly held the inaugural endowed Burwell Chair in Medical Anthropology at UBC (1998-2002), and the Canada Research Chair in Bioethics at Dalhousie University (2002-12). In 2016, her work received the Weaver-Tremblay Award, the Canadian Anthropology Society's top distinction. She is currently working on transparency, openness and trust in global vaccines research.

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