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Vanessa Gruben
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Latest papers
Donation Care Work: Family Members' Contributions to Deceased Organ Donation Following Determination of Death Using Circulatory Criteria.
Sociology of health & illness · 2026
Family experiences with non-therapeutic research on dying patients in the intensive care unit.
Journal of medical ethics · 2022
Canadian Society of Transplantation White Paper: Ethical and Legal Considerations for Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Solid Organ Listing and Allocation.
Transplantation · 2021
Latest funding
- $37,474
Transit-induced gentrification and displacement: centring tenant experiences in policy solutions to build and maintain affordable housing along new rapid transit lines
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $428,400
#Harmfulproductmarketing: The Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Food, Alcohol, Gambling, Vape and Cannabis Products to Youth, the Impact of Policy Environment and Key Policy Solutions
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $44,111
Governing Reproduction: Exploring Law and Politics in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
Donation Care Work: Family Members' Contributions to Deceased Organ Donation Following Determination of Death Using Circulatory Criteria.
van Beinum A, Gruben V, Sarti AJ, Dhanani S, McKay L, Chandler JA
Family experiences with non-therapeutic research on dying patients in the intensive care unit.
van Beinum A, Murphy N, Weijer C, Gruben V, Sarti A, Hornby L, Dhanani S, Chandler J
Canadian Society of Transplantation White Paper: Ethical and Legal Considerations for Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Solid Organ Listing and Allocation.
Greenberg R, Goldberg A, Anthony S, Buchman DZ, Delaney S, Gruben V, Holdsworth S, Le Foll B, Leung M, Lien D, Lynch MJ, Selzner N, Chandler JA, Fortin MC
Transit-induced gentrification and displacement: centring tenant experiences in policy solutions to build and maintain affordable housing along new rapid transit lines
Principal investigators: Doucet, Brian
Keywords: housing; gentrification; displacement; transit; lived experience; planning
#Harmfulproductmarketing: The Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Food, Alcohol, Gambling, Vape and Cannabis Products to Youth, the Impact of Policy Environment and Key Policy Solutions
Principal investigators: Potvin Kent, Monique C; Elton-Marshall, Tara E; Gruben, Vanessa; Hammond, David G; Knai, Cecile; Ramsay, Timothy O; Vanderlee, Lana M
Keywords: Alcohol; Cannabis; Digital Marketing; Food; Gambling; Policy; Vaping; Youth
Governing Reproduction: Exploring Law and Politics in Canada
Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa T.
Keywords: reproduction; abortion;sterilization; assisted reproduction; consent; autonomy
Examining legal, regulatory, and policy considerations in Canada's safer supply movement: Developing an interdisciplinary research agenda to inform adaptation and sustainability
Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa T.
Keywords: drug policy; safer supply; decriminalization; interviews; situational analysis
Ova Obscura: Egg Donors in Canada
Principal investigators: Cattapan, Alana R.
Keywords: assisted human reproduction; egg donation; oocyte donation; narrative analysis; intersectionality; public policy; law
Machine M.D.: How Should We Regulate AI in Health Care?
Principal investigators: Flood, Colleen M; Goldenberg, Anna; Regis, Catherine; Scassa, Teresa
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Health Information Privacy; Health Law And Policy; Machine Learning; Medical Devices Regulation; Patient Safety
The Ottawa Hub for Harm Reduction
Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa
Keywords: Cannabis; Harm Reduction; Law; Opioids; Policy; Tobacco
Surrogates' Voices: Exploring Surrogates' Experiences and Insights
Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa T.
Keywords: surrogacy; assisted reproduction; reproductive justice; empirical research; qualitative interviews; law reform
Surrogates' Voices: Exploring Surrogates' Experiences and Insights
Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa T.
Keywords: surrogacy; assisted reproduction; reproductive justice; empirical research; qualitative interviews; law reform
First, Do Less Harm: Harm Reduction as a Principle of Health Policy and Law
Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa T.
Keywords: harm reduction; cannabis; opioids; tobacco; law
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Sonny Dhanani and Jennifer Chandler: 6 shared papers
- Charles Weijer and Sonny Dhanani: 4 shared papers
- Charles Weijer and Jennifer Chandler: 3 shared papers
- Sonny Dhanani and Amanda van Beinum: 3 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Nazia Selzner: 2 shared papers
- Sonny Dhanani and Vanessa Gruben: 2 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Marie-Chantal Fortin: 1 shared paper
- Bernard Le Foll and Samantha Anthony: 1 shared paper
- Bernard Le Foll and Vanessa Gruben: 1 shared paper
- Charles Weijer and Vanessa Gruben: 1 shared paper
- Nazia Selzner and Marie-Chantal Fortin: 1 shared paper
- Nazia Selzner and Samantha Anthony: 1 shared paper
- Nazia Selzner and Vanessa Gruben: 1 shared paper
- Marie-Chantal Fortin and Sonny Dhanani: 1 shared paper
- Marie-Chantal Fortin and Samantha Anthony: 1 shared paper
- Marie-Chantal Fortin and Vanessa Gruben: 1 shared paper
- Samantha Anthony and Vanessa Gruben: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Chandler and Vanessa Gruben: 1 shared paper
- Vanessa Gruben and Amanda van Beinum: 1 shared paper
- Epidemiology and Public Health
- Health Systems and Society
- Department of Family & Community Medicine
- Philosophy
- Common Law Section
- Department of Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Other
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Sonny Dhanani
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Amanda van Beinum
Health Systems and Society
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Charles Weijer
Philosophy
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Nazia Selzner
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Bernard Le Foll
Department of Family & Community Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Samantha Anthony
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Jennifer Chandler
Common Law Section
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Marie-Chantal Fortin
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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