Publications
2010
2009
- Monali Ray, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir. "Globetrotting firms: Canada's health biotechnology collaborations with developing countries." Nature Biotechnology, Vol 27 No. 9 pp. 806-814.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Elizabeth G. Nabel, Stig K. Pramming, Warwick Anderson, Alain Beaudet, Depei Liu, V. M. Katoch, Leszek K. Borysiewicz, Roger I. Glass, and John Bell (2009). "The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases." Science Vol 26. No. 324 pp. 1642-1644.
- Sara Al-Bader, Sarah E. Frew, Insiya Essajee, Victor Y. Liu, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2009). “Small but tenacious: South Africa's health biotech sector.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 27 No. 5 pp. 427 – 445.
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2009). “How biodevelopment can enhance biosecurity.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists pp. 23-30.
- Christina C. Melon, Monali Ray, Sharon Chakkalackal, Michelle Li, Jan E. Cooper, Jennifer Chadder, Wen Ke, Lexuan Li, Magdy A. Madkour, Sahar Aly, Nefertiti Adly, Sachin Chaturvedi, Victor Konde, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir (2009). “A Survey of South-North Health Biotech Collaboration.” Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 27 No. 3 pp. 229-232.
2008
- Sheila Kamunyori, Sara Al-Bader, Ronak Shah, Ken Simiyu, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Accelerating African Health Innovation.” Africa Journal pp. 20-21.
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar, Sara Al-Bader, Ronak Shah, Ken Simiyu, Ryan E. Wiley, Pamela Kanellis, Menaka Pulandiran, Marilyn Heymann (2008). “Commercializing African Health Research: Building Life Science Convergence Platforms.” Global Forum Update on Research for Health. Vol. 5 pp. 143-150.
- Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Douglas K. Martin (2008). “Healthcare sustainability and the challenges of innovation to biopharmaceuticals in Canada.” Health Policy Vol. 87 No. 3 pp. 359-68.
- Bryn Lander, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Harnessing stem cells for health needs in India.” Cell Stem Cell. Vol. 3 No. 1 pp. 11-5.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Human genomic variation initiatives in emerging economies and developing countries.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s3-s4.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer & Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Genomics, public health, and developing countries: the case of the Mexican National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN).” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s5-s8.
- Billie-Jo Hardy, Béatrice Séguin, Peter A. Singer, Mitali Mukerji, Samir K. Brahmachari, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “From diversity to delivery: the case of the Indian Genome Variation initiative.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s9-s13.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Universal health care, genomic medicine and Thailand: investing in today and tomorrow.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s14-s18.
- Billie-Jo Hardy, Béatrice Séguin, Raj Ramesar, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “South Africa: from species cradle to genomic applications.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s19-s22.
- Billie-Jo Hardy, Béatrice Séguin, Federico Goodsaid, Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “The next steps for genomic medicine: challenges and opportunities for the developing world.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s23-s27.
- Rahim Rezaie, Sarah E. Frew, Stephen M Sammut, Maya R. Maliakkal, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A Singer (2008). “Brazilian health biotech--fostering crosstalk between public and private sectors.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 26 No. 6 pp. 627-644.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). "Genomic Medicine and Developing Countries: creating a Room of their own." Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 6 pp. 487-493.
- Sarah E. Frew, Hannah E. Kettler, Peter A. Singer (2008). “The Indian and Chinese Health Biotechnology Industries: Champions of global health?” Health Affairs Vol. 27 No. 4 pp. 1029-41.
- Emma R.M. Cohen, Hassan Masum, Kathryn Berndtson, Vicki Saunders, Tom Hadfield, Dilzayn Panjwani , Deepa L. Persad, Gunjeet S. Minhas, Abdallah S. Daar, Jerome A. Singh and Peter A. Singer (2008). “Public engagement on global health challenges.” BMC Public Health. Vol. 8 No. 168 pp. 1-8.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Bidil: Recontextualizing the Race Debate.” The Pharmacogenomics Journal Vol. 8 No. 3 pp. 169-173.
- Sarah E. Frew, Stephen M. Sammut, Alysha F. Shore, Joshua K. Ramjist, Sara Al-Bader, Rahim Rezaie, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2008). “Chinese health biotech and the billion-patient market.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 26 pp. 37-53.
2007
- Peter A. Singer (2007). “Motivating Action: Why should Canadian Physicians participate in research, education or patient care in the developing world?” Canadian Family Physician Vol. 53 No. 11 pp. 1849-1851.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Deepa Leah Persad, Stig K. Pramming, David R. Matthews, Robert Beaglehole, Alan Bernstein, Leszek K. Borysiewicz, Stephen Colagiuri, Nirmal Ganguly, Roger I. Glass, Diane T. Finegood, Jeffrey Koplan, Elizabeth G. Nabel, George Sarna, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Richard Smith, Derek Yach, John Bell (2007). “Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases.” Nature Vol. 450 pp. 494-496.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Kathryn Berndtson, Deepa L. Persad, Peter A Singer (2007). “How can developing countries harness biotechnology to improve health?” BMC Public Health Vol. 7 No. 346 pp. 1-9.
- Hassan Masum, Abdallah S. Daar, Sara Al-Bader, Ronak Shah, Peter A. Singer (2007). “Accelerating Health Product Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Innovations (MIT Press) Vol. 2 No. 4 pp. 151-171.
- Hassan Masum, Peter A. Singer. “A Visual Dashboard for Moving Health Technologies From ‘Lab to Village’” (2007). Journal of Medical Internet Research Vol. 9 No. 4 pp. e32.
- Andrew D. Taylor, David Brook, David Watters, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2007). “North-South Partnerships – A study of Canadian Firms.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 25 No. 9 pp. 978-979.
- Peter A. Singer, Kathryn Berndtson, C. Shawn Tracy, Emma R. M. Cohen, Hassan Masum, James V. Lavery, Abdallah S. Daar (2007). “A tough transition.” Nature Vol. 449 pp. 160-163.
- Peter A. Singer, Andrew D. Taylor, Abdallah S. Daar, Ross E. G. Upshur, Jerome A. Singh, James V. Lavery (2007). Grand Challenges in Global Health: The Ethical, Social and Cultural Program. PLoS Medicine Vol. 4, No. 9 pp. 1440-1444.
- Kathryn Berndtson, Tina Daid, C. Shawn Tracy, Anant Bhan, Emma R. M. Cohen, Ross E. G. Upshur, Jerome A. Singh, Abdallah S. Daar, James V. Lavery, Peter A. Singer. “Grand Challenges in Global Health: Ethical, Social, and Cultural Issues based on Key Informant Perspectives.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 4 No. 9 pp. 1445-1450.
- Paulina O. Tindana, Jerome A. Singh, C. Shawn Tracy, Ross E. G. Upshur, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Janet Frohlich, James V. Lavery (2007). “Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries.” PLoS Medicine Vol.4 No. 9 pp. 1451-1455.
- Anant Bhan, Jerome A. Singh, Ross E. G. Upshur, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2007). “Grand Challenges in Global Health: Engaging Civil Society Organization in Biomedical Research in Developing Countries.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 4 No. 9 pp. 1456-1459.
- Sarah E. Frew, Rahim Rezaie, Stephen M. Sammut, Monali Ray, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2007). "India’s Home-Grown Health Biotechnology Sector at a Crossroads." Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 25 No. 4 pp. 403-417.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2007). “Innovation Cultures in Developing Countries: The Case of Health Biotechnology.” Comparative Technology Transfer and Society Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 178-201.
- Peter A. Singer, Erin B. Court, Archana Bhatt, Sarah E. Frew, Heather Greenwood, Deepa L. Persad, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Béatrice Séguin, Andrew D. Taylor, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar (2007). “Applying Genomics-related Technologies for Africa’s Health Needs.” African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. Vol. 36 suppl: 7-14.
2006
- Heather L. Greenwood, Peter A. Singer, Gregory P. Downey, Douglas K. Martin, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Regenerative Medicine and the Developing World.” PLoS Medicine. Vol. 3 No. 9 pp. 1496-1500.
- Jocelyn E. Mackie, Andrew D. Taylor, David L. Finegold, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2006). “Lessons on Ethical Decision-Making from the Bioscience Industry.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 3 No. 5 pp. 0605-0610.
- Kumanan Wilson, Christopher McDougall, Ross Upshur, the Joint Centre for Bioethics SARS Global Health Ethics Research Group (Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, CS Tracy) (2006). “The New International Health Regulations and the Federalism Dilemma.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 3 No. 1 pp. 0030-0034.
- Deepa L. Persad, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Enabling knowledge societies in developing countries: the example of genomics.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 4-22.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Eric Archambault, Subbiah Arunachalam (2006). “Health biotechnology publishing takes-off in developing countries.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 23-42.
- Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, James Renihan, Archana Bhatt, Zoe Costa Von Aesch, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Biotechnology patenting takes off in developing countries.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 43-59.
- Heather L. Greenwood, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Gajen Perry, James Renihan, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Regenerative medicine: new opportunities for developing countries.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 60-77.
- Beatrice Séguin, Leah State, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Scientific diasporas as an option for brain drain: re-circulating knowledge for development.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 78-90.
- Sarah E. Frew, Stephen M. Sammut, Winnie W. Siu, Abdallah S. Daar and Peter A. Singer (2006). “The role of the domestic private sector in developing countries for addressing local health needs.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 91-102.
- Jocelyn E. Mackie, Andrew D. Taylor, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2006). “Corporate social responsibility strategies aimed at the developing world: perspectives from bioscience companies in the industrialised world.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 103-118.
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Increasing human security through biotechnology.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 119-131.
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Tara Acharya, Peter A. Singer (2006). “Realising the promise of genomics: exploring governance.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 132-141.
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Erin B. Court (2006). “Nano-Diplomacy.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs pp. 129-37.
2005
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2005). “Getting governance into genomics.” Science and Public Policy Vol. 32 No. 6 pp. 497-498.
- Solomon R. Benatar, Abdallah S. Daar, and Peter A. Singer (2005). “Global Health Challenges: The need for an expanded discourse on bioethics.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 2 No. 5 pp. 0587-0589.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Tirso W. Sáenz, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Different Rhythms of Health Biotechnology Development in Brazil and Cuba.” Journal of Business Chemistry Vol. 2 No. 3 pp. 99- 106.
- Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Deepa L. Persad, Erin B. Court, Douglas K. Martin, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2005). “Nanotechnology and the Developing World.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 2 No. 4 pp. 300-303.
- Carlos M. Morel, Tara Acharya, Denis Broun, Ajit Dangi, Christopher Elias, N. K. Ganguly, Charles A. Gardner, R. K. Gupta, Jane Haycock, Anthony D. Heher, Peter J. Hotez, Hannah E. Kettler,Gerald T. Keusch, Anatole F. Krattiger, Fernando T. Kreutz, Sanjaya Lall, Keun Lee, Richard Mahoney, Adolfo Martinez-Palomo, R. A. Mashelkar, Stephen A. Matlin, Mandi Mzimba, Joachim Oehler, Robert G. Ridley, Pramilla Senanayake, Peter Singer, Mikyung Yun (2005). “Health Innovation Networks to Help Developing Countries Address Neglected Diseases.” Science Vol. 309 pp. 401-404.
- Peter A. Singer, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Harnessing Nanotechnology to Improve Global Equity.” Issues in Science and Technology pp. 57-64.
- Erin B. Court, Abdallah S. Daar, Deepa L. Persad, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Peter A. Singer (2005). "Tiny technologies for the global good." Nanotoday pp. 14-15.
- Jonathan M. Breslin, Susan K. MacRae, Jennifer Bell, Peter A. Singer, The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Clinical Ethics Group. “Top 10 Health Care Ethics Challenges Facing the Public: Views of Toronto Bioethicists.” BioMedCentral Medical Ethics Vol. 6 p. 5
- Carlos M. Morel, Tara Acharya, Denis Broun, Ajit Dangi, Christopher Elias, N. K. Ganguly, Charles A. Gardner, R. K. Gupta, Jane Haycock, Anthony D. Heher, Peter J. Hotez, Hannah E. Kettler, Gerald T. Keusch, Anatole F. Krattiger, Fernando T. Kreutz, Sanjaya Lall, Keun Lee, Richard Mahoney, Adolfo Martinez-Palomo, R. A. Mashelkar, Stephen A. Matlin, Mandi Mzimba, Joachim Oehler, Robert G. Ridley, Pramilla Senanayake, Peter Singer, Mikyung Yun (2005). “Health Innovation in Developing Countries to Address Diseases of the Poor.” Innovation Strategy Today Vol. 1 No. 1 pp. 1-15.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2005). “Pharmacogenetics and Geographical Ancestry: Implications for Drug Development and Global Health.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 6 pp.241-246.
- Jennifer L. Gibson, Douglas K. Martin and Peter A. Singer (2005). “Evidence, economics and Ethics: Resource Allocation in Health Services Organizations.” Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 8 pp. 50-59.
- Tara Acharya, Mohammed Abdur Rab, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Harnessing genomics to improve health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region – an executive course in genomics policy.” Health Research and Policy Systems Vol. 3 No. pp. 1-9.
- Alyna C. Smith, John Mugabe, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Harnessing genomics to improve health in Africa – an executive course to support genomics policy.” Health Research and Policy Systems Vol. 3 No. 1 pp. 1-12.
2004
- Tara Acharya, Abdallah S. Daar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Strengthening the role of genomics in global health.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 1 No. 3 pp. 195-197.
- Zara Merali, Peter A. Singer, Victor Boulyjenkov, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “The ELSI Genetics Regulatory Resource Kit: A Tool for Policymakers in Developing Countries.” Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics Vol. 32 No. 3 pp. 692-700.
- Asad J. Raja, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Transatlantic divide in publication of content relevant to developing countries.” British Medical Journal Vol. 329 pp. 1429-30.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Douglas K. Martin, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A Singer (2004). “Introduction: Promoting global health through biotechnology: An exploration of health biotechnology innovation systems in developing countries.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC3-7.
- Marcela Ferrer, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir,Uyen Quach, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “The scientific muscle of Brazil’s health biotechnology.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC8-DC12.
- Li Zhenzhen, Zhang Jiuchun, Wen Ke, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “Health biotechnology in China - the reawakening of a giant.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC13-DC18.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Tirso W. Sáenz, Uyen Quach, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Cuba – innovation through synergy.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC19-DC24.
- Basma Abdelgafar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “The emergence of Egyptian biotechnology from generics.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC25-DC30.
- Nandini K. Kumar, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S Daar, Hemlatha Somsekhar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Indian biotechnology - rapidly evolving and industry-led.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 DC31-DC36.
- Marion Motari, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Douglas K. Martin, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “South Africa – blazing a trail for African biotechnology.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC37-DC41.
- Joseph Wong, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Peter A. Singer and Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “South Korean biotechnology – a rising industrial and scientific powerhouse.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 DC42-47.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Conclusions: promoting biotechnology innovation in developing countries.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC48-DC52.
- Tara Acharya, Nandini K. Kumar, Vasantha Muthuswamy, Abdallah S. Daar, and Peter A. Singer (2004). “Harnessing genomics to improve health in India – an executive course to support genomics policy.” Health Research and Policy Systems Vol. 2 pp. 1-13.
- Richard D. Smith, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, E. Richard Gold, and Peter A. Singer (2004). “Genomics Knowledge and equity: a global public goods perspective of the patent system.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 8 pp. 385-389.
2003
- Peter A Singer, Solomon R. Benatar, Mark Bernstein, Abdallah S. Daar, Bernard M. Dickens, Susan K. MacRae, Ross E.G. Upshur, Linda Wright, Randi Zlotnik Shaul (2003). “Ethics and SARS: Learning Lessons from the Toronto Experience.” British Medical Journal Vol. 327 pp. 1342-4.
- Tara Acharya, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Biotechnology and the UN’s millennium development goals.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 21 pp. 1434-1436.
- Herald Varmus, Richard Klausner, Elias Zerhouni, Tara Acharya, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Grand Challenges in Global Health.” Science Vol. 302 pp. 398-399.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, Richard D. Smith, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Genomics – A Global Public Good?” Lancet Vol. 361 pp. 891-892.
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Bridging the Genomics Divide.” Global Governance Journal Vol. 9 pp. 1-6.
- Anisa Mnyusiwalla, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Mind the Gap: Science and Ethics in Nanotechnology.” Nanotechnology Vol. 14 pp. R9-13.
- Solomon R. Benatar, Adballah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Global Health Ethics: The rationale for mutual caring.” International Affairs Vol. 79 pp. 107-138.
2002
- Jerome A. Singh, Peter A. Singer (2002). “Isolationism is not the answer to bioterrorism: Increased support for research in the developing world would be a better strategy.” Nature Vol. 420 pp. 605 [Letter to Nature].
- Abdallah S. Daar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Douglas K. Martin, Alyna C. Smith, Shauna Nast, Peter A. Singer (2002). “Top 10 Biotechnologies for Improving Health in Developing Countries.” Nature Genetics Vol. 32 pp. 229-232.
2001
- Peter A. Singer (2001). “Minimal refereeing will lead to global equity of information.” British Medical Journal Vol. 323 No. 7304 pp. 111-2 [Letter to the Editor].
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2001). “Harnessing Genomics and Biotechnology to Improve Global Health Equity.” Science Vol. 294 pp. 87-89.
- Peter A. Singer, Solomon R. Benatar (2001). “Beyond Helsinki: A vision for global health ethics.” British Medical Journal Vol. 322 pp. 747-748.