Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Department of Community Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Dr. Gregor Wolbring
Position: Assistant Professor Qualifications: Diploma, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Ph.D. University of Frankfurt, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Germany
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Research Interests
Key Interests: Ability governance, Social, ethical, legal, economic, cultural and governance issues of new, emerging and converging sciences and technologies (S&T) such as nanoscale S&T (feed, food, water), molecular manufacturing, aging, longevity and immortality research, cognitive sciences, neuromorphic engineering, genetics, synthetic biology, bodily enhancement S&T, in vitro meat, artificial intelligence and robotics; impact of S&T on: marginalized populations especially disabled people; Sports; human security, (food- water- economic- ability- cultural- climate security), social cohesion, human right, personhood, sentient rights; military applications, veterans and new and emerging science and technologies, concept of disability impairment, ableism and transhumanism; models and determinants of health; global health, tele-health, health- (technology assessment, law, care and policies); military and health innovation, policy and deliverance; medical anthropology; foresight studies, bioethics issues, role of different stakeholders and evaluation of existing S&T discourses, biochemistry (had grants for the last 16 years to do benchwork, finished active benchwork August 2008)..
Courses Taught
Core 591.26: -------Bioethics and Disability
Core 691.44----- Bioethics and Disability
Core 591.28: -------Health research, emerging technologies, governance of science and technology and marginalized groups
Core 691.42----- Health research, emerging technologies, governance of science and technology and marginalized groups
Core 305: ----------History of Disability Service Organizations
Core 591.34: ------Health Foundations: Disability Across Life Span
Core 205 ----------History and Systems in Community Rehabilitation
Student Projects
Name
Degree
Topic Three undergraduates
Synthetic Biology; Won Bronze Medal at iGEM 2008 http://2008.igem.org/Team:Calgary_Ethics
Publications:
Over 16 book chapters, 2 e-books, 40 peer reviewed article, 70 non peer reviewed article and reports, and over 240 lectures given
Please go here for my writings
Academic and other writings
My new blog on Ableism Ethics and Governance
Biweekly Column on new and emerging technologies and social concepts
Blog about new and emerging science and technologies:
What Sorts of People Blog:
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Full CV here
Grants
Alberta Ingenuity: Synthetic Biology Work (active)
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research: Health Technology Assessment unit: Emerging technologies, imagery and situation of disabled people and the field of health technology assessment (finished)
Biochemistry: grants and awards for nearly 20 years
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