| Dr.
Janet Atkinson-Grosjean
Senior
Research Associate
W.
Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
University
of British Columbia
Project:
The Pathogenomics of Innate Immunity (PI2)
GE³LS
Research: Moving
science out of the laboratory: Why are some
scientists more translational than others?
[details]
Dr.
Atkinson-Grosjean studies the relations
between science, commerce, society, and
the state from the perspective of the social
institutions and organizational arrangements
governing large-scale research. She
is particularly interested in the way scientific
cultures and communities are changing and
how 'the public interest' is represented
under the new arrangements.
In
her current study of 'Translational Genomics'
she is investigating the factors that influence
scientists' participation in the commercial,
clinical, and civic translations of their
work. The goal is to help guide policy
and practice in relation to translational
science. Her new AGIP study on mining
and metagenomics examines public acceptability
and translational praxis in the context
of corporate social responsibility.
In
a recent book Public Science, Private
Interests ( University of Toronto
Press, 2006), she examines tensions between
norms of open science and mandates for commercial
translation in Canada's Networks of Centres
of Excellence.
Dr. Atkinson-Grosjean holds an interdisciplinary
PhD in science studies and science policy
(UBC 2001), and an MA in Liberal Studies with
a science studies focus (SFU 1996).
She was the Genome BC GE3LS postdoctoral fellow,
2002-2004, and took postdoctoral training
in applied ethics to April 2005. Her
prior professional background in finance and
administration (CGA, MBA) continues to inform
her analyses.
« Back
to GE³LS Researcher Profiles
|
