Atkinson-Grosjean, Janet - Sociology

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Janet
Last Name: 
Atkinson-Grosjean
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
WM Young Centre for Applied Ethics
University Affiliation: 
University of British Columbia
Phone: 
6048221674
Email Address: 
janetat@interchange.ubc.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Sociology
Subject: 
Medicine
Geographical Region: 
Canada
North America
Time Period: 
20th Century
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Researchers and research organizations that cross boundaries (public/private; basic/applied; science/commerce; geographic; institutional; disciplinary); translational science
Academics
PHD Program: 
Inderdisciplinary Studies STS
PHD University: 
University of British Columbia
PHD Date: 
2002
Major Publications: 
J. Atkinson-Grosjean, Public science, private interests: cultures and commerce in Canada Translational Research, Merchant Science, and the Settler Class. Science, Technology and Human Values (accepted; in revision) Canadian Science at the Public/Private Divide. Journal of Canadian Studies. 37 (3), April 2003. Brokers on the Boundary: Academy-Industry Liaison in Canadian Universities. (with D. Fisher) Higher Education, 44 (3-4), 449-467, October/December 2002.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
American Sociological Association; Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research; Canadian Bioethics Society; Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association; European Association for the Study of Science and Technology; Society for the Social Studies of Science
Courses Taught: 
Graduate courses: Socio-ethical aspects of drug discovery and development; Science and Social Theory Genetics and Ethics Science, Technology and Discourse Undergraduate courses: Doctor, Patient and Society Applied Ethics Biology of the human genome Microbes and society Biology and society Technology and society Science and the humanities