Welcome!
My name is Charles Weijer (pronounced VEY-er). I am a bioethicist and professor at Western University in London, Canada who specializes in research ethics.
Together with an interdisciplinary team of colleagues and trainees, I explore ethical issues in randomized controlled trials, human challenge studies, and organ donation.
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New publications
Navigating the consent river: questions to consider before waiving consent requirements in pragmatic cluster randomised trials
Sowing "seeds of trust": How trust in normothermic regional perfusion is built in a continuum of care
Upcoming and recent talks
Ethics of cluster randomized trials in
health and social care
HRB-TMRN Workshop on Deliberating Ethics in Trials
May 2, 2024
Cluster randomized trials are an increasingly popular design, but they raise difficult ethical issues. In this talk, I discuss reasons to choose a cluster design, identifying research participants, informed consent, and the role of gatekeepers.
