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Pascal Borry

Pascal Borry

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
9893
World Ranking
2321
National Ranking
22

Overview

Pascal Borry is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on ethics, genetics, and public health. Their research spans several specialized subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, general health professions, and physiology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Research Data Management Practices

Borry has published research frequently in several academic journals. The most common venues for their work are:

  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Open Research Europe
  • Accountability in Research
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research

Several recent papers demonstrate the scope of their research interests:

  • "Implementation of Electronic Informed Consent in Biomedical Research and Stakeholders' Perspectives: Systematic Review" (2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research)
  • "Toward better governance of human genomic data" (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • "Interest in expanded carrier screening among individuals and couples in the general population: systematic review of the literature" (2020, Human Reproduction Update)
  • "The role of pharmacogenomics in contemporary cardiovascular therapy: a position statement from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy" (2021, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy)
  • "Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: culture, ethics, science, policy" (2023, Journal of Medical Ethics)

Pascal Borry has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors including:

  • Danya F. Vears
  • Eva Van Steijvoort
  • Mahsa Shabani
  • Isabelle Huys
  • Thijs Devriendt

Best Publications

  • Whole-genome sequencing in health care: recommendations of the European Society of Human Genetics.

    Carla G van El;Martina C Cornel;Pascal Borry;Ros J Hastings

  • Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy and beyond: challenges of responsible innovation in prenatal screening

    Wybo Dondorp;Guido de Wert;Yvonne Bombard;Diana W Bianchi

  • The birth of the empirical turn in bioethics.

    Pascal Borry;Paul Schotsmans;Kris Dierickx

  • Responsible implementation of expanded carrier screening

    Lidewij Henneman;Pascal Borry;Davit Chokoshvili;Davit Chokoshvili;Martina C Cornel

  • Presymptomatic and predictive genetic testing in minors: a systematic review of guidelines and position papers

    Pascal Borry;Loes Stultiëns;Herman Nys;Jean-Jacques Cassiman

  • Genetic testing in asymptomatic minors: background considerations towards ESHG Recommendations

    Pascal Borry;Gerry Evers-Kiebooms;Martina C. Cornel;Angus John Clarke

  • Genetic testing in asymptomatic minors: recommendations of the European Society of Human Genetics

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  • Statement of the ESHG on direct-to-consumer genetic testing for health-related purposes.

    Pascal Borry

  • Legislation on direct-to-consumer genetic testing in seven European countries

    Pascal Borry;Pascal Borry;Rachel E van Hellemondt;Dominique Sprumont;Camilla Fittipaldi Duarte Jales

  • Rules for processing genetic data for research purposes in view of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation

    Mahsa Shabani;Pascal Borry

  • A review of the key issues associated with the commercialization of biobanks

    Timothy Caulfield;Sarah Burningham;Yann Joly;Zubin Master

  • Carrier testing in minors: a systematic review of guidelines and position papers.

    Pascal Borry;Jean-Pierre Fryns;Paul Schotsmans;Kris Dierickx

  • Empirical research in bioethical journals. A quantitative analysis

    Pascal Borry;Paul Schotsmans;Kris Dierickx

  • Where are you going, where have you been: a recent history of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing market

    Pascal Borry;Martina C. Cornel;Heidi C. Howard

  • Genetic testing and common disorders in a public health framework: how to assess relevance and possibilities Background Document to the ESHG recommendations on genetic testing and common disorders

    Frauke Becker;Carla G. van El;Dolores Ibarreta;Eleni Zika

  • 'Nobody tosses a dwarf!' The relation between the empirical and the normative reexamined.

    Carlo Leget;Pascal Borry;Raymond De Vries

  • What is the role of empirical research in bioethical reflection and decision-making? An ethical analysis.

    Pascal Borry;Paul Schotsmans;Kris Dierickx

  • Whole-genome sequencing in newborn screening? A statement on the continued importance of targeted approaches in newborn screening programmes

    Heidi Carmen Howard;Bartha Maria Knoppers;Martina C Cornel;Ellen Wright Clayton

  • Attitudes of research participants and the general public towards genomic data sharing: a systematic literature review

    Mahsa Shabani;Louise Bezuidenhout;Pascal Borry

  • Preconceptional genetic carrier testing and the commercial offer directly-to-consumers

    Pascal Borry;Pascal Borry;Lidewij Henneman;Phillis Lakeman;Leo P. ten Kate

  • Recent developments in genetics and medically assisted reproduction : from research to clinical applications

    J C Harper;K Aittomäki;P Borry;M C Cornel

  • Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy and beyond: challenges of responsible innovation in prenatal screening. Summary and recommendations

    Wybo Dondorp;Guido de Wert;Yvonne Bombard;Diana W Bianchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Bartha Maria Knoppers
Bartha Maria Knoppers McGill University Health Centre
Anne De Paepe
Anne De Paepe Ghent University Hospital
Anne Cambon-Thomsen
Anne Cambon-Thomsen French National Centre for Scientific Research
Timothy Caulfield
Timothy Caulfield University of Alberta
Gert Matthijs
Gert Matthijs KU Leuven
Aad Tibben
Aad Tibben Leiden University
Jane Kaye
Jane Kaye University of Oxford

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