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Ethics of Vaccine Passports

Ling Ling TaiOctober 4, 2021October 4, 2021

With increasing numbers of people being fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, governments have been considering the implementation of vaccine passports. Vaccine passports (VP), also known as digital health passes or...

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Fighting the Good Fight: Separating Science from Non-Science in the Struggle for Vaccination

William ShepherdDecember 10, 2018December 10, 2018

You’d have to forgive a new parent their initial trepidation. The very word “vaccination”, after all, might evoke in some visions of a deranged scientist in a lab coat jabbing wildly at...

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Buck Up or Get Out: U of T’s New Mandatory Leave Policy Sends the Wrong Message about Mental Health

Kieran ManionJuly 20, 2018July 15, 2018

THE PREMISE For many young adults, university is the first time they are forced to contend with their mental health. Being away from friends and family, losing the security of a structured high...

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alcohol // academia

Kieran ManionJuly 20, 2018July 15, 2018

null • hypothesis In December 2014, IMMpress Magazine published the first of many articles on graduate mental health. At the time, I had considered using that article to call out...

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Not Just Any Other Pill

Sharon LingJuly 20, 2018July 15, 2018

Over the years, countless drugs have been developed, but only one has had enough of an impact to be referred to as The Pill. Today, approximately 100 million women worldwide...

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The Bitter Truth Behind Junk Science

Ellinore DoroshenkoDecember 4, 2017February 3, 2018

The first headline blasted, “Slim by Chocolate!”, the next, “Eating Chocolate Can Help You Lose Weight - Really!”, and soon John Bohannon’s work was being touted amongst German, Indian, Australian...

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Revamping the Patent System: More Ways to Reward Discovery

Heather MacGregorDecember 4, 2017January 31, 2018

The modern patent system has roots back to 500 BCE in ancient Greece, where inventors could be granted a one year monopoly to the profits of their discoveries. In England,...

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Is Bigger Data Better Data?

Laabiah WasimDecember 4, 2017January 31, 2018

What does it mean to conduct research in this super-computing era – where a tremendous number of variables can be analyzed simultaneously and stored in a book-sized hard drive? With...

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Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Medical Research

Anthony ZhaoDecember 4, 2017January 31, 2018

Advancements in sequencing, cytometry, and imaging technologies can now provide an unprecedented level of detail for characterizing immune cells. The advent of these novel technologies, such as mass cytometry and...

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Science & Politics: An Intertwined Web

Alicia KilfoyDecember 4, 2017December 4, 2017

The relationship between two major powerhouses, science and politics, is incredibly important to society. On one hand, scientists are highly dependent on politicians and the government to fund institutions, research...

Category: Perspective

Ethics of Vaccine Passports

Fighting the Good Fight: Separating Science from Non-Science in the Struggle for Vaccination

Buck Up or Get Out: U of T’s New Mandatory Leave Policy Sends the Wrong Message about Mental Health

alcohol // academia

Not Just Any Other Pill

The Bitter Truth Behind Junk Science

Revamping the Patent System: More Ways to Reward Discovery

Is Bigger Data Better Data?

Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Medical Research

Science & Politics: An Intertwined Web

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