Graham, Janice - Anthropology

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Janice
Last Name: 
Graham
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Bioethics
University Affiliation: 
Dalhousie University
Phone: 
(902) 494-1897
Email Address: 
janice.graham@dal.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Anthropology
Subject: 
Medicine
Geographical Region: 
Africa
Canada
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Challenges of safety, effectiveness, standardization, risk, expertise and trust figure prominently into Graham's examination of biotechnological innovation, health outcomes and inequalities. Her recent ethnographic research examines safety and efficacy in the regulation of emerging biotherapeutics and vaccines at Health Canada and internationally.
Academics
PHD Program: 
Anthropology
PHD University: 
Universite de Montreal
PHD Date: 
1997
Major Publications: 
Dal.ca Home Our People Janice Graham: Director Publications Publications THESES (2) Graham, Janice. Diagnosing Dementia: Signs, Symptoms and Meaning [PDF]. Ph.D. Thesis, Département d’anthropologie. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Université de Montréal, 1997. Thesis Supervisors: Gilles Bibeau (Anthropology) and Denis Gauvreau (Pathology). Graham, Janice. Friendship and Despair: Social Relations in a Long Term Care Facility in Victoria, B.C. M.A. Thesis, University of Victoria, 1982. Thesis Supervisor: Peter Stephenson (Anthropology). BOOKS (1) Graham, J. E., & Stephenson, P. (Eds.). (2010). Contesting Aging and Loss. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press. Review Published in Ageing & Loss by Jason Powell, November 2011 REFEREED ARTICLES (51) Graham, Janice, Borda-Rodrigeuz, Alex, Huzair, Farah & Zinck, Emily (2012). Capacity for a Global Vaccine Safety System: the perspective of national regulatory authorities. Vaccine, 30(3): 4953-4959. Wildeman, Sheila, Gina Bravo, Marie-France Dubois, Carole Cohen, Janice Graham, Karen Painter & Suzanne Bellemare (2012). Substitute decision making about research: Identifying the legally authorized representative in four Canadian provinces. McGill Journal of Law and Health 6 (1): 189-274. Doroshenko, Alexander, Halperin, Scott A., MacDonald, Noni, Hatchette, Jill, Graham, Janice. (2012) “Challenges to immunization: The Experience of Homeless Youth.” BioMed Central (BMC) Public Health. Accepted, In press. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-338. Amrita Mishra & Graham, Janice E. (2012). Risk, choice and the ‘girl’ vaccine: Unpacking HPV Immunization. Health, Risk & Society. Vol 14(1): 57-69. Graham, J. E., & Stephenson, P. (Eds.). (2010). Contesting Aging and Loss. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press. Holmes, Christina and Janice Graham. (2009). GMOs as Public Goods: Plant Biotechnology Transfer in Colombia. Culture & Agriculture 31(1):26-38. Ozdemir, V., Graham, J. E., Godard, B. (2008). Race as a variable in Pharmacogenomics Science: From empirical ethics to publication standards. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 18: 837-841. Graham, Janice (2008). Facilitating regulation: the dance of statistical significance and clinical meaningfulness in standardizing technologies for dementia. BioSocieties 3(3):241-263. Rockwood, Kenneth, Sherri Fay, Mary Gorman, Daniel Carver, and Janice Graham (2007). The clinical meaningfulness of ADAS-Cog changes in Alzheimer
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Canadian Anthropology Society
Courses Taught: 
Qualitative Health Research: Determining Evidence; Advanced Topics in Bioethics: Social Studies of Vaccines; Advanced Topics in Bioethics: Social Studies of Vaccines; Advanced Topics in Bioethics: Social Studies of Vaccines; Advanced Topics in Bioethics: Social Studies of Vaccines