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Maxwell Smith, PhD

@maxwellsmith.bsky.social

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Bioethicist, Associate Professor, & CIHR Applied Public Health Chair at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Also Director, Western's Centre for Bioethics and Associate Director, Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Views are my own. maxwellsmith.ca

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Maxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

New commentary published in @natmed.nature.com with @dsilvaphd.bsky.social, Anna Levy, and Katherine Littler: Navigating Difficult Ethical Decisions in Global Health www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A screenshot of a commentary published in Nature Medicine, titled "Navigating Difficult Ethical Decisions in Global Health".

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Maxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Join us for the launch of the Western University Centre for Bioethics, featuring a lecture by Prof Francoise Baylis, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Dalhousie University @dalhousieu.bsky.social and President, The Royal Society of Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social @francoisebaylis.bsky.social

An image advertising an event celebrating the launch of the Western University Centre for Bioethics. The ad features information about the event (Dec. 4, 3-6pm; Conron Hall, Western University) and the speaker (Professor Françoise Baylis), and includes a photo of Professor Baylis.

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Maxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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 👇)

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Maxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The unfortunate news about a Liberal win is the F*ck Trudeau / F*ck Carney flags are sticking around. Too bad those who fly these flags don't get the message sent by this win: F*ck off.

A screenshot of the CTV News homepage indicating that the Liberals have won the Canadian election.

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Maxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Bridge Research Consortium website is now live! Part of Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub, BRC aims to better understand and support public trust & equitable access to new vaccines & immune-based innovations that strengthen 🇨🇦 readiness for future health emergencies. bridgerc.ca

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Maxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Measles cases in Ontario, by year: 2013: 15 2014: 22 2015: 20 2016: 7 2017: 7 2018: 8 2019: 14 2020: 0 2021: 0 2022: 1 2023: 7 2024: 64 2025: 804 And it's only April 10. Nearly 5x more than the previous 12 years *combined*. From Public health Ontario: www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...

The image is a graph showing Number of Measles Cases and Incidence Rate per Million Population in Ontario from January 1, 2013 – April 9, 2025, showing a significant spike in 2025.

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