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MA’N H. ZAWATI, LLB, LLM, PHD (DCL)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY’S FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE OF GENOMICS AND POLICY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN GENETICS

Dr. Ma’n H. Zawati is an Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine and the Executive Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy in the Department of Human Genetics. He is also an Associate Member of McGill’s Biomedical Ethics Unit. His research concentrates on the legal, ethical and policy dimensions of health research and clinical care, with a special focus on biobanking, data sharing, professional liability, and the use of novel technologies (e.g. mhealth apps, WGS, WES) in both the clinical and research settings. In 2015, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship (stay at Oxford University) and was named a Royal Society of Canada Delegate for the IAP Young Scientists of the Year international symposium. In 2014, the Young Bar Association of Montreal named him as one of its Lawyers of the Year.