GE³LS research funded through OGI takes two major forms:
Large-scale, stand-alone GE³LS research - for example, the Program on Ethics and Commercialization (formerly the Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health) at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health.
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Integrated GE³LS research - Smaller-scale GE³LS research initiatives forming part of large-scale genomics- and/or proteomics-based research programs. All such projects must include GE³LS research, in which social scientists and humanists (e.g., economists, ethicists, and lawyers) work with the scientists to address relevant GE³LS issues.
To learn more about these integrated GE³LS research projects, follow the links below:
Genetic Information, Privacy and Biobanks
Project: Assessment of Risk for Colorectal Tumours in Canada (ARCTIC)
Communication of Genetic Research Results to Research Participants
Project: Autism Genome Project
Exploring the Impacts of DNA Barcoding
Project: Canadian Barcode of Life Network
Reporting Genetic Research Results: Perspectives of Study Participants and Researchers
Project: The Contribution of Genetic Modulators of Disease Severity in Cystic Fibrosis to other Diseases with Similarities of Clinical Phenotype
Ethical Questions Relating to the Use of Human Tissues and Genetic Information
Project: The Dynactome: Mapping Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Systems in Humans
Attitudes of Adults and Adolescents to Predictive Genetic Testing for Diabetes
Project: Genome-Environment Interactions in Type 1 Diabetes
GE³LS Issues Stemming from the Development and Commercialization of Quantum Dot Diagnostics
Project: Quantum Dot Diagnostics: Simultaneous Genomic and Proteomic Profiling of Multiple Pathogens at Point-of-Care
The Meanings and Understandings of Consent Forms and Information Documents Used in Clinical Studies
Project: Structural and Functional Annotation of the Human Genome for Disease Study
Framing New Bio-technologies to Aid Regulatory Decision-Making
Project: Bioproducts and Enzymes from Environmental Metagenomes (BEEM)
An Analysis of the Canadian Regulatory Landscape as It Pertains to Biotechnology Research
Project: Genomics for Crop Improvement: Agricultural Pest Management
