Maxwell Smith

Background

About Maxwell Smith

I am a bioethicist, Associate Professor, and CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Ethics and Health Emergencies in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. I also serve as an Associate Director of Western's Rotman Institute of Philosophy and have appointments in the Department of Philosophy, Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, and Institute for Earth and Space Exploration. My research is primarily in the area of public health ethics, with a focus on infectious disease ethics and the ethical demands that health equity and social justice place on governments and institutions to protect and promote the public’s health. I also regularly consult with governments and health authorities on issues in health ethics, including as Co-Chair of the Public Health Agency of Canada's Public Health Ethics Consultative Group, member of the Ontario Public Health Emergencies Science Advisory Committee, and member of the World Health Organization Ethics and Governance of Infectious Disease Outbreaks Working Group.