Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon

Position: Harvard Law School

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon, PhD, is a Visiting Researcher at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Dr. Bélisle-Pipon’s research focuses on the confluence of public, private, and individual interests and the moral responsibility associated with them. As part of his research, he makes recommendations on the appropriate management and resolution of ethical issues for health regulators and industry decision-makers. He also studies the ethical dimensions of patient engagement in research as well as providing insights and advice on capacity development of and required training for the next generation of researchers. Dr. Bélisle-Pipon examines the most pressing ethical issues of our time (e.g., artificial intelligence, health technology assessment, conflicts of interest, science advising to government) and makes recommendations on how academics and policy-makers can better engage the public in thinking and helping to solve these issues. His scientific articles have been published in journals such as Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, Healthcare Policy, American Journal of Bioethics, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, and Nature Medicine. His research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Fonds de recherche du Québec–Santé, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Québec SPOR SUPPORT Unit.