Frank Wagner, MA, MHSc (bioethics)

Assistant Professor

Position: Bioethicist, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
SGS Status: Associate Member (Status Only)
Primary Graduate Appointment: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Graduate Appointment(s): Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Program: Master of Health Science in Bioethics
Primary Teaching Responsibilities: CHL 3008Y– Applied Learning in Bioethics (practicum)

Research Interests

Community ethics; end of life, health technology, teaching ethics

Current Research Projects

Integration of ethics into primary care, DFCM study

Education & Training History
  • MA in medical ethics
  • MHSc in bioethics
  • training in community ethics, acute ethics, mental health ethics, health systems, health and social policy and legislation, research ethics boards, qualitative analysis, health technology assessments, organizational and hospital board governance
Honours & Awards
  • Distinguished Service Award, JCB
  • The Christine Harrison Bioethics Education Award for Integration of Theory and Practice, JCB
  • Founders Award, Centre for Independent Living in Toronto
Other Affiliations
  • Law Commission of Ontario advisory committees on seniors, consent and capacity, and end of life
  • Health Quality Ontario, Ontario Quality Standards Committee
  • CMA/Joule Faculty, Physician Management Institute