Kirstin Borgerson
Associate Professor; Graduate Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Gender and Women's Studies; Cross-Appointed with the Department of Bioethics
Email: kirstin.borgerson@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3338
Mailing Address:
Room 1127, Marion McCain Building
Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
- Philosophy of Medicine
- Bioethics
- Feminist Philosophy
- Epistemology
Education
- PhD (2008) University of Toronto
- MA (2001) University of Toronto
- BA (2000) University of Saskatchewan
Selected Publications
- Borgerson, K. “Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Ethical Oversight of Clinical Research” The American Journal of Bioethics 23:8 (2023), 63-65, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2217120
- Borgerson, K. “Feminist Empiricism.” Chapter 6 in the Routledge Handbook on Feminist Philosophy of Science. Intemann, K. and Crasnow, S., Eds (2020): 79-88.
- Borgerson, K. “What is Human Subjects Research?” Chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics. MacKay, D. and Iltis, A., Eds (2020). DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190947750.013.5
- Bluhm R., Borgerson K. "An Epistemic Argument for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine." The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine 43.4(2018)468-484
- Borgerson, K. “An Argument for Fewer Clinical Trials.” Hastings Center Report 46 (2016): 1-11. DOI: 10.10002/hast.637
- Borgerson, K. "Redundant, Secretive, and Isolated: When Are Clinical Trials Scientifically Valid?" Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 24 4 (2014):385-411
- Borgerson, K., "Are Explanatory Trials Ethical? Shifting the Burden of Justification in Clinical Trial Design." Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 34 4 (2013):293-308