Nina Preto LL.B., MSc (Bioethics) Doctoral Trainee in CIHR Ethics of Health Research and Policy Training Program W.M. Young Centre for Applied Ethics 226-6356 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC Telephone: 604.822.0930 Fax: 604.822.8627 E-mail: cpreto@interchange.ubc.ca

Research Interests

My MSc (bioethics) research looked at the roles and challenges of research ethics boards from the board member’s perspective. As part of my doctoral studies, I am building on this research and looking specifically at whether and how institutional conflict of interest impacts the ethics review process. My research will explore this issue from the perspectives of both research ethics board members and research subjects. My background is in law. Prior to pursuing graduate studies in bioethics, I practiced with a health law firm in Vancouver. I have extensive interest in both clinical and research ethics, and have served on research ethics boards and clinical ethics committees in both British Columbia and Alberta. I am a board member of the Provincial Health Ethics Network of Alberta [“PHEN”]. I am currently working as the coordinator for a PHEN initiated collaborative effort to develop materials for the Alberta public on ethical issues that arise in the context of end of life decision making.

Presentations (as Guest Speaker)

Preto, N. (2007) Research Ethics in the Genetics Context. Presentation to Nursing students, University of British Columbia, March 2007, Vancouver, BC.

Preto, N. (2007) Recognizing and Dealing with Conflicts of Interest. Presentation to 4^th year Medical Students, Vancouver General Hospital, January 2007, Vancouver, BC;

Preto, N., Wasylenko, E. (2006) Decision Making at the End of Life: Ethical Issues and Approaches. Invited Presentation, (Co-presented), The Psychosocial Oncology Network of Alberta, May 2006, Edmonton, Alberta;

Preto, N. (2006) Reconciling Discretion, Jurisdiction and Equity: Funding of Health Services in Canada.  Invited Presentation, Web seminar hosted by the Provincial Health Ethics Network, May 2006;

Preto, N. (2006) Research, Ethics and the Law: The Canadian Context. Invited Presentation, 3rd Annual Canadian National Undergraduate Bioethics Society Conference, February 2006, Lethbridge, Alberta;

Preto, N. (2005) Reconciling Discretion, Jurisdiction and Equity: Funding of Health Services in Canada. 17^th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference, October 2005, Halifax, NS;

Preto, N. (2005) Reconciling Discretion, Jurisdiction and Equity: Funding of Health Services in Canada. 4^th Annual Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease Conference, July 2005, Oxford, UK;

Preto, N. (2005) Allocating Scarce Resources in Health Care: Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada. Invited Presentation/Guest Lecture, University of Calgary Law School, October 2005, Calgary, Alberta.