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Ross E. G. Upshur

Ross E. G. Upshur

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
77
Citations
23431
World Ranking
461
National Ranking
28

Overview

Ross E. G. Upshur is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions in subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered in Upshur's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Ethics in Medical Practice, Disaster Response and Management, Ethics in Clinical Research, Healthcare Cost, Quality, Practices, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life.

Frequent publication venues for Upshur's research include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • BMJ Open
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
  • Canadian Family Physician

Upshur has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably Maxwell J. Smith, Abhimanyu Sud, Jenny Ploeg, Maureen Markle-Reid, and Kathryn Fisher.

Some recent papers involving Upshur cover critical topics related to medical ethics, public health, and pandemic response:

  • Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature, 2021, BMC Medical Ethics
  • National primary care responses to COVID-19: a rapid review of the literature, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study, 2021, Human Resources for Health
  • Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies: Report of a WHO Working Group, 2020, Vaccine

The research focus reflects an intersection between clinical ethics, health systems management, and pandemic-related challenges.

Best Publications

  • Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19.

    Ezekiel J. Emanuel;Govind Persad;Ross Upshur;Beatriz Thome

  • Psychosocial effects of SARS on hospital staff: survey of a large tertiary care institution

    Leslie A. Nickell;Eric J. Crighton;C. Shawn Tracy;Hadi Al-Enazy

  • Evidence-based health policy: context and utilisation.

    Mark J Dobrow;Vivek Goel;R.E.G Upshur

  • Grand challenges in global health : community engagement in research in developing countries.

    Paulina O. Tindana;Jerome Amir. Singh;C. Shawn. Tracy;Ross E. G. Upshur

  • Principles for the justification of public health intervention.

    R. E. G. Upshur

  • Pandemic influenza preparedness: an ethical framework to guide decision-making.

    Alison K Thompson;Karen Faith;Jennifer L Gibson;Ross E G Upshur

  • Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature

    Kathleen Murphy;Erica Di Ruggiero;Ross Upshur;Ross Upshur;Donald J. Willison

  • Priority setting: what constitutes success? A conceptual framework for successful priority setting

    Shannon L Sibbald;Peter A Singer;Ross Upshur;Ross Upshur;Douglas K Martin

  • Ethics and SARS: lessons from Toronto

    Peter A Singer;Solomon R Benatar;Mark Bernstein;Mark Bernstein;Abdallah S Daar

  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome After Influenza Vaccination in Adults: A Population-Based Study

    David N. Juurlink;Therese A. Stukel;Jeffrey Kwong;Alexander Kopp

  • On pandemics and the duty to care: whose duty? who cares?

    Carly Ruderman;C. Shawn Tracy;C. Shawn Tracy;Cécile M. Bensimon;Cécile M. Bensimon;Mark Bernstein;Mark Bernstein

  • XDR-TB in South Africa: no time for denial or complacency.

    Jerome Amir. Singh;Ross E. G. Upshur;Nesri. Padayatchi

  • Allocation techniques for balance at baseline in cluster randomized trials: a methodological review

    Noah M Ivers;Ilana J Halperin;Jan Barnsley;Jeremy M Grimshaw

  • Meaning and measurement: an inclusive model of evidence in health care

    Ross E.G. Upshur;Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof;Vivek Goel

  • GLOBAL HEALTH ETHICS FOR STUDENTS

    Andrew D. Pinto;Ross E.G. Upshur

  • A Scoping Review and Thematic Classification of Patient Complexity: Offering a Unifying Framework:

    Alexis K. Schaink;Kerry Kuluski;Renée F. Lyons;Martin Fortin

  • Cardiovascular Safety of Inhaled Long-Acting Bronchodilators in Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Andrea Gershon;Ruth Croxford;Andrew Calzavara;Teresa To;Teresa To

  • Managing multiple chronic conditions in the community: a Canadian qualitative study of the experiences of older adults, family caregivers and healthcare providers

    Jenny Ploeg;Nancy Matthew-Maich;Kimberly Fraser;Sinéad Dufour

  • The effect of universal influenza immunization on mortality and health care use.

    Jeffrey C Kwong;Thérèse A Stukel;Thérèse A Stukel;Jenny Lim;Allison J McGeer;Allison J McGeer

  • DNA databanks and consent: A suggested policy option involving an authorization model

    Timothy Caulfield;Ross Eg Upshur;Abdallah S. Daar

  • Better than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream

    Ross Upshur

  • Guillain-BarreSyndrome After Influenza Vaccination in Adults

    David N. Juurlink;Therese A. Stukel;Jeffrey Kwong;Alexander Kopp

Frequent Co-Authors

Rahim Moineddin
Rahim Moineddin University of Toronto
Abdallah S. Daar
Abdallah S. Daar University of Toronto
Peter A. Singer
Peter A. Singer National University of Singapore
Jenny Ploeg
Jenny Ploeg McMaster University
Solomon R. Benatar
Solomon R. Benatar University of Cape Town
Alexandra Martiniuk
Alexandra Martiniuk University of Sydney
Allison McGeer
Allison McGeer University of Toronto
Susan J. Elliott
Susan J. Elliott University of Waterloo
Amiram Gafni
Amiram Gafni McMaster University
Andrew M. Johnson
Andrew M. Johnson University of Western Ontario

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