Michael Burgess is a professor and chair in the Biomedical Ethics, W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied ethics. He currently is appointed to the School of Population and Public Health and the Department of Medical Genetics, in the Faculty of Medicine. He is located at UBCO in the Southern Medical Program.

Burgess combines ethical and social theory with social science methods related to policy in health care, health research and biotechnology, recently focused on deliberative public engagement. His graduate supervision has been primarily in Interdisciplinary Studies, and his seminars typically include students with backgrounds in science, health care, health research, social science and humanities. His research has been funded by SSHRC, CIHR, Genome Canada and Genome BC, as well as NGOs and industry contracts.

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