Centre for Clinical Ethics

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Andria Bianchi, PhD, is a Clinical Ethicist who primarily supports post-acute care and community partner organizations. Andria is also the Manager of the Centre for Clinical Ethics’ fellowship program, an Assistant Professor (status-only) at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and an Affiliate Scientist at KITE Research Institute – University Health Network. Andria’s primary areas of ethics expertise involve topics related to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, those on the autism spectrum, as well as people with dementia. Andria is co-editor of a book entitled Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice in which the importance of accessibility and providing ethically defensible services and supports to people with intellectual disabilities and those on the autism spectrum is at the forefront.

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Kirk Lougheed holds a PhD in philosophy from McMaster University where he completed a dissertation on the philosophical implications of disagreement. During his PhD studies, Kirk spent time working with an organization dedicated to supporting Toronto’s underhoused community. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pretoria with a focus on philosophy of religion and the African philosophical tradition, he took a position at LCC International University. He spent four years as Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Research on Faith and Human Flourishing at LCC, where he worked with students and colleagues from over 60 different countries. Kirk has published many articles and books spanning epistemology, ethics, religion, and African philosophy. Right now, he is most interested in cross-cultural bioethics and in the nature of clinical ethics consultations. His latest book, A Moral Theory of Liveliness: A Secular Interpretation of African Life Force was published in 2025 with Oxford University Press.

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Michael Szego joined St. Joseph’s Health Centre as a clinical ethicist in 2011 and is now the Senior Director of the Centre for Clinical Ethics at Unity Health Toronto. He is the lead clinical ethics consultant at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, helps oversee the ethics programs at 11 partner healthcare organizations across the GTHA, and is Vice Chair of the Unity Health Research Ethics Board. He is an Assistant Professor, Affiliated Scientist in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. Michael has a Doctorate in Molecular Genetics and a Masters of Health Science in Bioethics from the University of Toronto. He also completed a fellowship in clinical and organizational ethics at the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto. Michael combines his love or science and ethics when directing a graduate course on ethical issues associated with genomics and is a member of the National DNA Data Bank Advisory Committee. His research interests include the intersection of genomics and ethics and bioethics education.

Andrew Tamale is a Clinical Ethics Fellow with a background in clinical medicine and clinical research, and a recent graduate of a Masters in Health Ethics. His current work focuses on the ethics of healthcare policy, with particular interest in how autonomy and informed consent are exercised by vulnerable populations. His research explores the ethical challenges of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), especially in the context of mental illness.

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