Dr Diego Silva
Sydney Health Ethics
Sydney School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Dr. Diego Silva is a Senior Lecturer in Bioethics at Sydney Health Ethicsand the University of Sydney School of Public Health. His research centres on public health ethics, particularly the application of political theory in the context of infectious diseases and health security, e.g., tuberculosis, COVID-19, antimicrobial resistance, etc. Diego adopts a mixed methods approach to his work, including the use of qualitative methods and conceptual analysis. He is a Member and the Past-Chair of the Public Health Ethics Consultative Group at the Public Health Agency of Canada and works with the World Health Organization on various public health ethics topics on an ad hoc basis. Diego has a BA and MA in philosophy and a PhD in public health from the University of Toronto (Canada) and was a post-doctoral Research Fellow in Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine at the Hannover Medical School (Germany).
- Infectious diseases
- Health security
- Complexity and systems thinking
- Microbiome research
- Public health ethics
- Global health ethics
- Health policy
He currently teaches BETH5101 - Moral Theory and BETH5104 - Bioethics, Law, and Policy.
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Principal Investigator - Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Consortium: Essential Societal Infrastructure to Support Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Pipeline (Government of Canada, 2024-2027)
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Principal Investigator - Community voices and whole genome sequencing for tuberculosis: storytelling and the importance of listening (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2024-2026)
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Principal Investigator - States’ Manipulations of Belonging and Territoriality: Health Consequences and Activists’ Intervention Strategies (Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University, 2024)
- International Association of Bioethics
- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research, International Association of Bioethics and University of Southern California, 2016
Publications
Book Chapters
- Langat, P., Pisartchik, D., Silva, D., Bernard, C., Olsen, K., Smith, M., Sahni, S., Upshur, R. (2011). Is there a duty to share? Ethics of sharing research data in the context of public health emergencies. In A.M. Viens (Eds.), Emergency Research Ethics, (pp. 329-336). London: Routledge.
Journals
- Denholm, J., Silva, D. (2024). Community Voices and Whole-Genome Sequencing for Tuberculosis: Storytelling and the Importance of Listening. Public Health Genomics, 27(1), 68-73. [More Information]
- Salamanca-Buentello, F., Katz, R., Silva, D., Upshur, R., Smith, M. (2024). Research ethics review during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study. PloS One, 19(2024-04-04 00:00:00). [More Information]
- Silva, D., Smith, M. (2023). Data Sharing During Pandemics: Reciprocity, Solidarity, and Limits to Obligations. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. [More Information]
2024
- Denholm, J., Silva, D. (2024). Community Voices and Whole-Genome Sequencing for Tuberculosis: Storytelling and the Importance of Listening. Public Health Genomics, 27(1), 68-73. [More Information]
- Salamanca-Buentello, F., Katz, R., Silva, D., Upshur, R., Smith, M. (2024). Research ethics review during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study. PloS One, 19(2024-04-04 00:00:00). [More Information]
2023
- Silva, D., Smith, M. (2023). Data Sharing During Pandemics: Reciprocity, Solidarity, and Limits to Obligations. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. [More Information]
- Fehross, A., Pahlman, K., Silva, D. (2023). Ethics and Health Security in the Australian COVID-19 Context: A Critical Interpretive Literature Review. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Smith, M. (2023). Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? The Ethics of Imposing Risk in Public Health. Asian Bioethics Review, 15(1), 19-35. [More Information]
2022
- Jackson, C., Habibi, R., Forman, L., Silva, D., Smith, M. (2022). Between rules and resistance: moving public health emergency responses beyond fear, racism and greed. BMJ Global Health, 7(12). [More Information]
- Pahlman, K., Fehross, A., Fox, G., Silva, D. (2022). Ethical health security in the age of antimicrobial resistance. BMJ Global Health, 7(1), e007407-1-e007407-11. [More Information]
- Cheung, I., Bland, V., Castro-Noriega, E., Silva, D., Miller, K., Michalak, E., Goldsmith, C. (2022). Pilot of a Training Format for Clinicians' Continuing Professional Development: Open House With Rotating Short Segments. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 42(1), E92-E95. [More Information]
2021
- Cheung, I., Silva, D., Miller, K., Michalak, E., Goldsmith, C. (2021). A qualitative study of clinicians’ perspectives on independent rights advice for involuntary psychiatric patients in British Columbia, Canada. PloS One, 16(3), e0247268. [More Information]
- Taaffe, J., Croda, J., Moultrie, H., Silva, D., Rosenthal, A., Farhat, M. (2021). Advancing TB research using digitized programmatic data. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 25(11), 890-895. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Cook, V., Johnston, J., Gardy, J. (2021). Ethical challenges in the treatment of non-refugee migrants with tuberculosis in Canada. Journal of Public Health, 43(4), e701-e705. [More Information]
2020
- Silva, D. (2020). COVID-19 in the public housing towers of Melbourne: upholding social justice when invoking precaution. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(5), 430. [More Information]
- Boulanger, R., Komparic, A., Dawson, A., Upshur, R., Silva, D. (2020). Developing and Implementing new TB Technologies: Key Informants' Perspectives on the Ethical Challenges. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 17(1), 65-73. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Citro, B., Volchenkov, G., Gonzalez-Angulo, L. (2020). Ethics and human rights considerations regarding involuntary isolation of people with TB. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 24(5), 15-20. [More Information]
2019
- Komparic, A., Dawson, A., Boulanger, R., Upshur, R., Silva, D. (2019). A failure in solidarity: Ethical challenges in the development and implementation of new tuberculosis technologies. Bioethics, 33(5), 557-567. [More Information]
- Buse, C., Smith, M., Silva, D. (2019). Attending to scalar ethical issues in emerging approaches to environmental health research and practice. Monash Bioethics Review, 37(1-2), 4-21. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Komparic, A., Upshur, R., Gibson, J., Strike, C. (2019). Provider perspectives on liberty and harm in the treatment of persons with tuberculosis and mental illness. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 23(4), 405-411. [More Information]
2018
- Silva, D., Forlini, C., Meurk, C. (2018). Public Mental Health Ethics: Helping Improve Mental Health for Individuals and Communities. Public Health Ethics, 11(2), 121-125. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Smith, M., Norman, C. (2018). Systems thinking and ethics in public health: a necessary and mutually beneficial partnership. Monash Bioethics Review, 36(1-4), 54-67. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Snyder, J. (2018). The ethics of new technologies to track drug adherence. CMAJ, 190(40), E1209-E1210. [More Information]
2017
- Klingler, C., Silva, D., Schuermann, C., Reis, A., Saxena, A., Strech, D. (2017). Ethical issues in public health surveillance: a systematic qualitative review. BMC Public Health, 17(295), 295. [More Information]
- Matheson, F., Lavery, J., Silva, D. (2017). Ethics of health research with prisoners in Canada. BMC Medical Ethics, 18(31), 31. [More Information]
2016
- Wieschowski, S., Silva, D., Strech, D. (2016). Animal Study Registries: Results from a Stakeholder Analysis on Potential Strengths, Weaknesses, Facilitators, and Barriers. PLoS Biology, 14(11), e2000391. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Dawson, A., Upshur, R. (2016). Reciprocity and Ethical Tuberculosis Treatment and Control. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 13(1), 75-86. [More Information]
- Snyder, J., Silva, D., Crooks, V. (2016). Unpacking the financial costs of "bariatric tourism" gone wrong: Who holds responsibility for costs to the Canadian health care system? Canadian Journal of Surgery, 59(6), 369-370. [More Information]
2015
- Smith, M., Silva, D. (2015). Ethics for pandemics beyond influenza: Ebola, drug resistant tuberculosis, and anticipating future ethical challenges in pandemic preparedness and response. Monash Bioethics Review, 33, 130-147. [More Information]
- Silva, D., Viens, A. (2015). Infection Control Measures and Debts of Gratitude. The American Journal of Bioethics, 15(4), 55-57. [More Information]
- Livingstone, S., Smith, M., Silva, D., Upshur, R. (2015). Much ado about omics: welcome to 'the permutome'. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21, 1018-1021. [More Information]
2014
- Viens, A., Smith, M., Bensimon, C., Silva, D. (2014). Justifying the Initiation and Continued Provision of Public Health Interventions in Humanitarian Setting. Public Health Ethics, 7(3), 314-317. [More Information]
2013
- Silva, D., Smith, M., Upshur, R. (2013). Disadvantaging the disadvantaged: When public health policies and practices negatively affect marginalized populations. Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne De Sante Publique, 104(5). [More Information]
- Silva, D. (2013). Powers and faden's concept of self-determination and what it means to 'achieve' well-being in their theory of social justice. Public Health Ethics, 6(1), 35-44. [More Information]
2011
- Langat, P., Pisartchik, D., Silva, D., Bernard, C., Olsen, K., Smith, M., Sahni, S., Upshur, R. (2011). Is there a duty to share? Ethics of sharing research data in the context of public health emergencies. In A.M. Viens (Eds.), Emergency Research Ethics, (pp. 329-336). London: Routledge.
Selected Grants
2024
- Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Consortium: Essential Societal Infrastructure to Support Canadas Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Pipeline, Silva D, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada/Canada Biomedical Research Fund
2019
- Lecturer in Bioethics, Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, Silva D, School of Public Health/Research Support