Secko, David - Journalism

Soumis par situsci le mer, 2010/12/15 - 17:05
Personal Information
First Name: 
David
Nom: 
Secko
Autre: 
Journalism, Concordia University
Affiliation universitaire: 
Concordia University
Phone: 
514-848-2424
Extension: 
5175
Email Address: 
david.secko@concordia.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Journalism
Objet: 
Science
Région géographique: 
North America
Champ d'études: 
Science journalism, journalism ethics, empirical testing of new models of journalism, social and ethical studies of genomics (GE3LS), democratic studies, public engagement
Academics
PHD Program: 
Microbiology and Immunology
PHD University: 
University of British Columbia
Major Publications: 
* Secko, D. M., Smith, W. (2010). “Health journalism: fracturing concerns with a deliberative lens,” Canadian Journal of Communication 35(2): 265-274. * Secko, D. M., Preto, N., S. Niemeyer, S., Burgess, M.M. (2009). “Informed Consent in Biobank Research: A Deliberative Approach to the Debate,” Social Science and Medicine 68: 781-789. * Secko, D. M., Burgess, M.M., O'Doherty, K. (2008). “Perspectives on Engaging the Public in the Ethics of Emerging Biotechnologies: From Salmon to Biobanks to Neuroethics,” Journal of Accountability in Research 15(3): 283-302. * Burgess, M.M., O'Doherty, K., Secko, D. M. (2008). “Biobanking in BC: Enhancing discussions of the future of personalized medicine through deliberative public engagement,” Personalized Medicine 5(3): 285-296. * Secko, D. M., Sui, C-H., Speigelman, G. B. and Weeks G. (2006). “An activated Ras protein alters cell adhesion by dephosphorylating Dictyostelium DdCAD-1,” Microbiology, 152: 1495-1505. * Lim, C. J., Zawadzki, K. A., Khosla, M., Secko, D. M., Speigelman, G. B. and Weeks G. (2005). “Loss of the Dictyostelium RasC protein alters vegetative cell size, motility, and endocytosis,” Experimental Cell Research 306(1):47-55. * Secko, D. M., Insall, R. H., Speigelman, G. B. and Weeks G. (2004). “The identification of Dictyostelium phosphoproteins altered in response to the activation of RasG,” Proteomics 4(9):2629-2639.
Membre des sociétés académiques: 
The Concordia Science Journalism Project (CSJP) is a collection of projects and collaborations that are currently funded by Concordia University (2007-2010), Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture, Établissement de nouveaux professeurs-chercheurs (2008-2011), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2009-2010) and Genome Canada / Genome Quebec (2009-2013). Project website: http://www.csjp.ca/
Courses Taught: 
Specialty Reporting: Science; Special Topics in Journalism: The New Energy Beat; Law & Ethics for Print Journalism (with Chantal Francoeur); Journalism Ethics and the Law (with Chantal Francoeur); Principles of Journalistic Thought and Practice; Journalism Ethics and The Law; Research Methods