Beatrice Godard
Beatrice Godard
Beatrice Godard
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine
University of Montreal
Canada
Biography
Dr. Beatrice Godard, Professor, University of Montreal, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, teaches in the Bioethics Programs and has designed and launched courses in research ethics, research methods, Master and Ph.D. thesis seminars, and global health ethics. She directed the Bioethics Programs from 2004 to 2010. Prior to joining the University of Montreal in 2001, Dr. Beatrice Godard worked at INSERM in Paris for the Public and Professional Policy Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics elaborating on professional guidelines. She was an active contributor to the development of international guidelines and policy documents in human genetics/genomics in North America & Europe.Her research expertise focuses on the study of ethical and social issues and their integration with applied genomics science and attendant products. Aiming to lay an evidence-based foundation that can both discern and anticipate the socio-ethical issues associated with –omics technologies in the pursuit of personalized health interventions, her research work is centered on an empirical ethics perspective. To that end, she integratively employs a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Basically, her research work concentrates on emerging ethical responsibilities in genomics at the juncture between research and the clinic and it is oriented on the development of frameworks for ethical decision-making. She is particularly keen on examining factors influencing the adoption of genomics technology. Dr. Beatrice Godard's research work is funded by Genome Quebec, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Quebec Health Research Fund (FRQS). Since the beginning of her career, Dr. Beatrice Godard has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and she is regularly invited to give oral presentations at local and international conferences. She also sits as an advisory member on several committees, boards and policy-making bodies.
Research Interest
Clinical Bioethics
Confidentiality and Privacy Resource allocation
Bioethical aspects in Gerontology
Applied ethics
Health Research
Informed Consent and Ability to make decisions
