Lisa Schwartz

Affiliation

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

Committee membership

Standing Committee on Ethics

Biography

Professor Lisa Schwartz is the Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, and associate professor in the department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics. She is also associate member of the Department of Philosophy and a founding member of the Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board (OCREB). Prof. Schwartz received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Glasgow (1996), and a MA and BA in philosophy both from McGill. Between 1995 and 2001 Prof. Schwartz was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, Faculty of Medicine, in the area of philosophy of medicine and medical ethics, largely responsible for developing and implementing a curriculum in ethics for health professionals. Prof. Schwartz has a number of research interests in health care ethics and ethics in health care education, research ethics, privacy and access to biosamples, patient advocacy, and measurement and effectiveness of ethics education. She is currently the Primary Investigator on a CIHR funded study examining the ethical challenges faced by health care professionals providing humanitarian assistance abroad.