11 Facts About Francoise Baylis

Francoise Baylis' education includes a Certificate of Bilingualism from Laurentian University, political science degree from McGill University, followed by an MA and PhD from the University of Western Ontario.

In 1996 Francoise Baylis was appointed at Dalhousie University as an associate professor in the Office of Bioethics Education and Research, and in 2004 became Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy.

Francoise Baylis has been the principal investigator on eleven Canadian Institutes of Health Research grants, including a New Emerging Team grant, States of Mind: Emerging Issues in Neuroethics.

Francoise Baylis led one of the two Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded neuroethics teams from 2006 to 2011.

Francoise Baylis co-chaired one of the first international neuroethics conferences, "Brain Matters I" in Halifax in 2009.

Beyond her research contributions in the realm of assisted reproductive technologies and women's health in general, Francoise Baylis is counted as making contributions to several additional, specific areas of scholarly inquiry:.

Francoise Baylis has assumed responsibilities for building and maintaining national and international research communities.

Francoise Baylis has played a role in fostering and helping to direct the health science research community in Canada.

Francoise Baylis served on the governing councils of the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Assisted Human Reproduction Canada.

Francoise Baylis is known for having advanced the integration of ethics within these agencies and the protection of human research participants.

Francoise Baylis is a proclaimed advocate against social injustice, especially regarding the disproportionate burdens placed upon women as a result of assisted reproductive technologies or by virtue of the exclusion of pregnant women from clinical research.