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
Ethics of controlled human infection studies with hepatitis C virus
Ethics of non-therapeutic research on imminently dying patients in the intensive care unit
Upcoming and recent talks
How trust in NRP is built on an ethics of care:
An interview study of stakeholders
CDTRP Research Connect
November 14, 2023
NRP is a promising new perfusion technology in organ donation. However, it raises difficult ethical issues. In this talk, Dr. Mart Ott and I discuss the findings from our interviews exploring NRP and trust with 30 donor family and patient partners, health providers, and representatives of organ donation organizations.
