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Elizabeth Wilcox

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Contact details

Elizabeth S. Wilcox, B. Sc., MA Student

Graduate Research Assistant

W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
Room 214

Phone: 604 827 4458

Fax: 604 822 8627

E-mail: ewilcox@interchange.ubc.ca

Research interests

Liz is a Master’s student in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program (ISGP), working under the supervision of Dr. Michael M. Burgess at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics. With a B.Sc. (Honours) in Molecular Genetics from the University of Alberta (2005), she is now involved in deliberative public engagement activities related to genomics. Her soon-to-be-completed thesis "Does "misinformation" matter? Exploring the roles of (mis)information in a deliberative public engagement on biobanks" addresses criticisms regarding the involvement of inexpert publics in decision-making processes. Her main academic interests include science communication and health research.

Lego model

Oral and poster presentations

Wilcox E, O’Doherty K, Burgess M, Matzke L, Walmsley H, Wilson-McManus JE, Hegele R, Mackenzie IR, Huntsman DG, Watson PH. Policy recommendations arising from the BC Biobank Deliberation: An initiative of the BC BioLibrary. Poster presentation at the University of British Columbia’s 8^th Annual Pathology Day. Vancouver, British Columbia, May 29, 2008.

Wilcox E. Does “misinformation” matter? Exploring the roles of (mis)information in a deliberative public engagement on biobanking in British Columbia. Poster presentation at the International GE³LS Symposium. Calgary, Alberta, April 28-30 2008.

Poster presentation at the Translating the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genomics international conference, Cleveland, Ohio, May 1-3, 2008.

Wilcox E. A research recipe for deliberative public engagement on biobanking in British Columbia: The information ingredient. Poster presentation at the 20^th Annual Health Policy Conference of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 4-5, 2008.

Wilcox E. A Lego model to help inform participants at the British Columbia Biobank Deliberation. Oral presentation at the Genome Alberta/British Columbia Third Annual Joint Biotechnology Workshop. Victoria, British Columbia, September 21-22, 2007.

Walmsley, H. and Wilcox, E. (2006) Information for inclusive (not coercive) deliberation. Invited presentation, Deliberative Democracy and Biobanks Workshop, November 2006, Vancouver, BC.