Trudo Lemmens, University of Toronto

Latest papers

Safeguard failures in Canada's MAiD system.
BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2026 · senior author
Pharmaceutical governance system for costly drugs through human rights due diligence.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2025 · first author
University-age vaccine mandates: reply to Lam and Nichols.
Journal of medical ethics · 2024

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Rebuilding Public Trust after COVID-19: Examining Public Health Measures and Their Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$249,827
Rebuilding Public Trust after COVID-19: Examining Public Health Measures and Their Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$249,492
From Microbes to Multinationals: The Many Scales of Food Law and Policy
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 9 grants and awards

17 publications.

01

Safeguard failures in Canada's MAiD system.

Coelho R, Shannon D, Lemmens T

BMJ supportive & palliative care2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/spcare-2025-006046 PMID: 41592902

02

Pharmaceutical governance system for costly drugs through human rights due diligence.

Lemmens T, Ghimire KM, Perehudoff K, Kohler JC, Low E, Persaud N

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-074982 PMID: 41218971

03

University-age vaccine mandates: reply to Lam and Nichols.

Høeg TB, Krug A, Baral S, Jamrozik E, Keshavjee S, Lemmens T, Prasad V, Makary MA, Bardosh K

Journal of medical ethics2024

DOI: 10.1136/jme-2023-109163 PMID: 37225414

04

COVID-19 vaccine boosters for young adults: a risk benefit assessment and ethical analysis of mandate policies at universities.

Bardosh K, Krug A, Jamrozik E, Lemmens T, Keshavjee S, Prasad V, Makary MA, Baral S, Høeg TB

Journal of medical ethics2024

DOI: 10.1136/jme-2022-108449 PMID: 36600579

05

The realities of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada.

Coelho R, Maher J, Gaind KS, Lemmens T

Palliative & supportive care2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s1478951523001025 PMID: 37462416

06

Authorship controversies in academic publication: implications for science and the research environment.

Lemmens T, Srinivasan S

Indian journal of medical ethics2022First author

DOI: 10.20529/ijme.2022.051 PMID: 36043260

07

The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy: why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good.

Bardosh K, de Figueiredo A, Gur-Arie R, Jamrozik E, Doidge J, Lemmens T, Keshavjee S, Graham JE, Baral S

BMJ global health2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008684 PMID: 35618306

08

Regulators, Pivotal Clinical Trials, and Drug Regulation in the Age of COVID-19.

Lexchin J, Graham J, Herder M, Jefferson T, Lemmens T

International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/0020731420979824 PMID: 33349145

09

Clinical trial transparency in the Americas: the need to coordinate regulatory spheres.

Lemmens T, Vacaflor CH

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2018First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2493 PMID: 30012844

10

The institutional workers of biomedical science: Legitimizing academic entrepreneurship and obscuring conflicts of interest.

Axler RE, Miller FA, Lehoux P, Lemmens T

Science & public policy2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scx075 PMID: 29937617

Rebuilding Public Trust after COVID-19: Examining Public Health Measures and Their Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Lemmens, Trudo

Keywords: disability law and policy public health law and policy public health ethics health governance vaccine policy human rights community engagement health equity infectious disease public health communication

$249,827

Rebuilding Public Trust after COVID-19: Examining Public Health Measures and Their Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Lemmens, Trudo

Keywords: disability law and policy; public health law and policy; public health ethics; health governance; vaccine policy; human rights; community engagement; health equity; infectious disease; public health communication

$249,492

From Microbes to Multinationals: The Many Scales of Food Law and Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Lemmens, Trudo

Keywords: food law & policy; scale; food security; food justice; Indigenous food sovereignty; urban food policy; agriculture; fisheries; regulatory compliance; food safety; food systems; federalism; law & geography; municipal law; sustainable development

$25,000

Stem Cell Network/Réseau de cellules souches

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Rudnicki, Michael

$2,061,000

Promoting integrity in medical research: the Janus face of regulation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lemmens, Trudo

Keywords: regulation of research; regulation of pharmaceuticals; regulatory policy; research ethics; health policy

$88,866

CIHR StrategicTraining Grant in Public Health Policy

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: Cohen, Joanna E; Schwartz, Robert M

Keywords: Interdisciplinary Training Program; Public Health Policy Analysis; Public Health Policy Determinants; Public Health Policy Evaluation; Qualitative And Quantitative Methodologies

$1,784,790

CIHR Training Grant in Health Law, Ethics and Policy

Principal investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: Flood, Colleen M; Caulfield, Timothy A; Kouri, Robert P; Lahey, G.R. W; Lemmens, Trudo

Keywords: Bioethics; Comparative Health Systems; Health Law; Health Policy; Multidisciplinary Mentoring And Training; Research Ethics

$1,947,000

Stem Cell Network/Réseau de cellules souches

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Rudnicki, Michael

$3,860,000

Bioethics, casuistry, and culture: practical moral reasoning in multiethnic settings

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Applied Ethics

Principal investigators: Turner, Leigh

Keywords: Bioethics; case-based reasoning; multicultural theory; casuistry; interpretation

$113,550

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

Clinical Public Health Division
Pediatrics
Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Administration de la santé
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Matthew Herder

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Navindra Persaud

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Pascale Lehoux

Administration de la santé

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Janice Graham

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Lemmens, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Safeguard failures in Canada's MAiD system." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Rebuilding Public Trust after COVID-19: Examining Public Health Measures and Their Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]