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Françoise Baylis, CM, ONS, FRSC, FCAHS, FISC is Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Dalhousie University. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the International Science Council
Professor Baylis has an extensive publication record that spans many topics, including the role of bioethics consultants, women's health, research involving pregnant women, human embryo research, genome editing and other novel technologies. At the center of her research lie questions of social justice as these concern our responsibilities to future generations. Her work challenges readers to think broadly and deeply about the direction of health research and technology.
She is the author of Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing (2019). She is a co-editor of Bioethics in Action (2018), Clinical Research Involving Pregnant Women (2016) and Family-making: Contemporary Ethical Challenges (2014).
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