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New publication in BMC Medical Ethics

Nola Ries, with co-authors Jane LeGrandeur and Timothy Caulfield, published an analysis of how six birth cohort studies in North America and Europe that involve genetic research handle key ethical, legal and social issues. Open access available at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/11/4/abstract.

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Panel discussion on Vancouver's supervised injection facility - November 2, 2010

Nola Ries is a panellist at an event hosted by the University of Alberta's Centre for Constitutional Studies and Health Law Institute. Insights on Insite: policy and legal dimensions of the supervised drug injection site case will be held on November 2, 2010.

New publication in the Canadian Medical Association Journal

Nola Ries and colleague Barbara von Tigerstrom of the University of Saskatchewan have published an analysis of laws to promote healthy eating and physical activity in the February 16, 2010 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Commentary on direct-to-consumer genetic tests

Nola Ries has co-authored a commentary, "Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: good, bad or benign" published in November 2009 in Clinical Genetics. Read the abstract here: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123190135/abstract

 

 

David Castle & Nola Ries co-edit new book on legal and social issues in nutritional genomics

David Castle (Canada Research Chair in Science & Society, University of Ottawa) and Nola Ries are co-editors of a new book on that addresses legal, ethical and social issues in the field of nutritional genomics. For more information, see: www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/717116/description#description

 

Nola Ries co-authors article on Canadian natural health products regulations

"Foods and Natural Health Products: Gaps and Ambiguities in the Canadian Regulatory Regime" now published in the journal, Food Policy.

New edition of public health law text released

The second edition of Public Health Law & Policy in Canada, co-edited by Nola Ries, is now available. See http://www.lexisnexis.ca/bookstore/bookinfo.php?pid=1242.

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