Jeff Nisker
Affiliations
Scientist, Division of Maternal, Fetal & Newborn Health, Children’s Health Research Institute
Coordinator, Health Ethics and Humanities, Western University
Professor, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
How my research helps children
By researching ethical and social issues regarding women’s reproductive health, particularly related to their pregnancies, it is hoped that future children will be “healthy” in both the broadest and most critical sense of the term “healthy”.
Research
Current Research Activities
My research is transdisciplinary, centering on public engagement for health-policy development through multiple research methods and designs.
Research Team
Julia Bickford, PhD candidate
Meredith Vanstone, PhD candidate
Justin Morgenstern, MA candidate
Justin Ashley, MA candidate
Jeff Rajesky, MA candidate
Sapna Sharma, Resident in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Faiza Rab, Research Assistant
Future Research Plans
I am working on research projects funded by CIHR and Genome Canada exploring public understandings of household environmental toxins and their relation to pregnancy as well as the understandings of genetic terminology. I am also working on a new book and a new play following up on my previously co-edited book exploring the concept of a “healthy embryo” looking at social injustices regarding those who may be different from “ideal”.
Awards & Grants
Awards & Grants
Lifetime Achievement Award – Awarded by The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Lifetime Achievement Award – Awarded by The Ontario Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Faculty Scholar Award – Awarded by The University of Western Ontario
Learning Through the Arts Awards of Excellence - Excellence in Education Award – Awarded by The Royal Conservatory of Music
Schulich School of Medicine of Dentistry Dean’s Award of Excellence – Awarded by The University of Western Ontario
Funding in support of Effects of Brominated Flame Retardants on Reproductive Health: Animal, Human, Ethical, Legal and Social Studies – Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding in support of Impact of exposure to phthalates, their metabolites and "green" plasticizers on male reproductive health – Awarded by CIHR
Funding in support of Characteristics, understandings and feelings of women with BRCA gene-related breast cancer who learned following mastectomy that they could have accessed genetic counseling, testing and preventative strategies – Awarded by Genome Canada
Funding in support of CIHR Training Program in Reproduction, Early Development, and the Impact on Health (REDIH) – Awarded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding in support of A qualitative analysis of the ethical decision-making process used by key informants in the resuscitation of extremely premature infants, Co PI supporting Kevin Coughlin PI – Awarded by CIHR
Recent Publications
Publications
A measurement tool to assess culture change regarding patient safety in hospital obstetrical units
Milne JK, Bendaly N, Bendaly L, Worsley J, Fitzgerald J, Nisker J. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2010 Jun;32(6):590-7
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Canada: a survey of Canadian IVF units
Speechley KN, Nisker J. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2010 Apr;32(4):341-7
Dr. Cézanne and the art of re(peat)search: competing interests and obligations in clinical research
Bluhm RL, Downie J, Nisker J Account Res. 2010 Mar;17(2):85-95
Medical students' first clinical experiences of death
Kelly E, Nisker J. Med Educ. 2010 Apr;44(4):421-8
Theatre and research in the reproductive sciences
Nisker J. J Med Humanit. 2010 Mar;31(1):81-90
Socially based discrimination against clinically appropriate care
Nisker J. CMAJ. 2009 Nov 10;181(10):764
Increasing bioethics education in preclinical medical curricula: what ethical dilemmas do clinical clerks experience
Kelly E, Nisker J. Acad Med. 2009 Apr;84(4):498-504
Public perceptions of ethical issues regarding adult predictive genetic testing
Martin DK, Greenwood HL, Nisker J Health Care Anal. 2010 Jun;18(2):103-12
Genetics on stage: public engagement in health policy development on preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Cox SM, Kazubowski-Houston M, Nisker J Soc Sci Med. 2009 Apr;68(8):1472-80
Recruiting medical students to rural practice: perspectives of medical students and rural recruiters
Jutzi L, Vogt K, Drever E, Nisker J. Can Fam Physician. 2009 Jan;55(1):72-3, 73.e1-4
Contact
Phone: 519-685-8781
Fax: 519-685-8783
Email: jeff [dot] nisker [at] lhsc [dot] on [dot] ca
Website: http://publish.uwo.ca/~jnisker/
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