Publications
Book Chapters
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Pastorino, Roberta, Michael Lang, Ma'n H. Zawati, Giovanna Elisa Calabrò, Ilda Hoxhaj, Elisa J.F. Houwink, Michele Sassano, and Stefania Boccia. “Ethico-Legal and Policy Issues Surrounding Personalised Medicine.” In Personalised Health Care: Fostering Precision Medicine Advancements for Gaining Population Health Impact, edited by Stefania Boccia, Róza Ádány, Paolo Villari, Martina Cornel, Corrado De Vito, and Roberta Pastorino, 57–76. SpringerBriefs in Public Health. Springer International Publishing, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52399-2.
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Adrian Thorogood, Ma’n H. Zawati & Bartha Maria Knoppers, “Oversight, governance, and policy for making decisions about return of individual genomic findings” in M. Langanke, P. Erdmann & K. B. Borthers, eds., Secondary Finding in Genomic Research: Translational and Applied Genomics (Academic Press, 2020), 29-41.
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Miriam Pinkesz, Gabriel Marrocco, Yann Joly, Ma’n H. Zawati, “Re-examining the Canadian law of informed consent to medical treatment in the age of informatics” in T. Vansweevelt & N. Glover-Thomas, eds., Informed Consent and Health: A Comparative Analysis (United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020), 32-73.
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Ma'n H. Zawati, "Chapitre 8: La responsabilité civile des conseillers en génétique" in Mélanie Bourassa-Forcier and Anne-Marie Savard, eds. Droit de la santé, 2e édition (Quebec: LexisNexis Canada Inc, 2018), 337-393.
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Ma'n H. Zawati, Yann Joly, Bartha Maria Knoppers, "L’autonomie basée sur l’individualisme libéral : les limites dans le contexte des biobanques populationnelles" in Hervé C, eds., Réflexion et recherches en éthique, (2018), 279-293.
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Ma’n H. Zawati & Bartha Maria Knoppers, “Population Biobanks and the Principle of Reciprocity” in Hainault P, Vaught J, Pasterk M and Zatlookal K, eds., Biobanking of Human Specimens, (New York: Springer, 2016).
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Bartha Maria Knoppers, Minh Thu Nguyen, Karine Sénécal, Anne Marie Tassé & Ma'n H. Zawati, "Next-Generation Sequencing and the Return of Results", (2016) 6:10 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, a026724.
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Ellen Wright Clayton & Ma’n H. Zawati, “Legal Aspects of Health Applications of Genomics – A Comparative Approach” in D. Kumar and R. Chadwick, eds., Genomics, Society and Economics (London: Elsevier, 2015).
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Ma'n H. Zawati, "Chapter 12: Liability and the Legal Duty to Inform in Research" in Yann Joly and Bartha Maria Knoppers, eds, Routledge Handbook of Medical Law and Ethics. (London: Routledge, 2014), 199-200.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, “Chapitre 8: La responsabilité civile des conseillers en génétique” in Mélanie Bourassa-Forcier and Anne-Marie Savard, eds., Droit de la santé (Quebec: LexisNexis Canada Inc, 2014), 351-383.
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Ma'n H. Zawati & Amélie Rioux, "Les biobanques et le retour des résultats de recherche: quo vadis?" in Anne-Marie DUGUET, ed, Actions pour la santé et la recherche médicale en faveur des personnes vulnérables et des pays émergents: VIe forum des jeunes chercheurs (Bordeaux: Les Études Hospitalières Éditions, 2012), 283-294.
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Bartha M. Knoppers & Ma'n H. Zawati, "Biobanks" in Ruth Chadwick, ed, Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (San Diego: Academic Press, 2012), 246-250.
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Ma'n H. Zawati & Anne-Marie Tassé, "To Share or Not to Share? Secondary Use in Public Health Emergencies" in Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and Public Health, ed, Population and Public Health Ethics: Cases from Research, Policy, and Practice, (Toronto: University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, 2012), 32-34.
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Bartha M. Knoppers & Ma'n H. Zawati, "De l'éthique et des avocats: les comités d'éthique dans le milieu hospitalier" in Partie 2: Enjeux de société, Collection du Barreau, ed, Hors-Série: L'avocat, officier de justice: au carrefour des interêts (Cowansville: Éditions Yvon Blais, 2011), 55-62.
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Bartha M. Knoppers & Ma'n H. Zawati, "Population Biobanks and Access" in Paola Zatti & Stefano Rodota, eds, Trattato di biodiritto, vol 2 (Milan: Dott. A. Guieffre Editore S.P.A., 2011), 1181-1194.
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Ma'n H. Abdul-Rahman (Zawati), "La pharmacogénomique et la responsabilité civile des médecins" in Anne-Marie Duguet, Isabelle Filippi, eds, Droit de la santé publique dans un contexte transnational: IVe forum des jeunes chercheurs (Bordeaux: Les Études Hospitalières, 2010).
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Bartha M. Knoppers & Ma'n H. Abdul-Rahman (Zawati), "Biobanks in the Literature" in Bernice Elger et al, eds, Ethical Issues in Governing Biobanks: Global Perspectives (Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2008), 13-22.
Articles
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Yanting Wu, Isabelle Marc, Luigi Bouchard, et. al (including Bartha Knoppers, Ma'n Zawati), "Study protocol for the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster- randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community- family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity." (2021) 11(4) JBM Open, 1-12.
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Michael S.J. Beauvais, Adrian Thorogood, Michael J. Szego, Karine Sénécal, Ma'n H. Zawati, Bartha Maria Knoppers, "Parental Access to Children's Raw Genomic Data in Canada: Legal Rights and Professional Responsibility." (2021) Frontiers in Genetics (Accepted).
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Éric Martinent, Ma'n Zawati, "Le virage numérique comme vecteur d’égalité (territoriale) en santé (I) / The digital shift as a vector of (territorial) equality in health (I)." (2020) 15, Ethics, Medicine and Public Health.
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Ma'n H. Zawati, Michael Lang, "What's in the Box?: Uncertain Accountability of Machine Learning Applications in Healthcare." (2020) 20(11), The American Journal of Bioethics, 37-40.
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Dimitri Patrinos, Roxanne Caron, Bartha M. Knoppers, GenCOUNSEL Study, Ma'n H. Zawati, “Genetic Counsellors,Legal Recognition and the Road Less Travelled.” (2020), 14(1) McGill Journal of Law and Health, 109-158.
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Michael Lang, Ma’n H. Zawati, Bartha Maria Knoppers, “International mHealth Research: Old Tools and New Challenges.” (2020), 48(1) Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics.
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Rebecca Barnes, Kristine Votova, Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Noura Osman, Andrew M Penn, Ma'n H. Zawati, Bartha M. Knoppers, "Biobanking for Genomic and Personalized Health Research: Participant Perceptions and Preferences." (2020) 18(3), Biopreservation and Biobanking, 204-212.
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Brigid Unim, C De Vito, Julie Hagan, P Villari, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Ma’n H. Zawati, “The Provision of Genetic Testing and Related Services in Quebec, Canada.” (2020), 11 Frontiers in Genetics.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Don Chalmers, et al., “Country Reports.” (2019) 47(4) J Law Med Ethics, 582-704.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, “Introduction to the Country Reports.” (2019) 47(4) J Law Med Ethics, 581.
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Mark A. Rothstein et al. (including Ma’n H. Zawati), “Legal and Ethical Challenges of International Direct-to-Participant Genomic Research: Conclusions and Recommendations.” (2019) 47(4), J Law Med Ethics, 705-731.
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Adrian Thorogood, Alexander Bernier, Ma’n H. Zawati & Bartha Maria Knoppers, “A Legal Duty of Genetic Recontact in Canada” (2019) 40(2) Health Law in Canada, 58-78.
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Ma'n H. Zawati & Michael Lang, "Mind the App: Considerations for the Future of Mobile Health in Canada" (2019) 7(11) JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, e15301, 1-3.
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Daniel Bouthillier, Ma’n H. Zawati & Yann Joly, “Personalised medicine–introduction to the technology” (2019) Lexis Nexis, LexisPSL practice note.
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Ma'n Zawati, "Will an App a Day Keep the Doctor Away?" (Summer 2019) Brainstorm 1, 28-29.
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Mark A Rothstein, Ma’n H. Zawati & Bartha Maria Knoppers, “Regulatory Landscape of International Direct-to-Participant (DTP) Genomic Research: Time to Untie the Gordian Knot?" (2019) 47(2) The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 336-341.
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Ma'n H. Zawati, Bartha Maria Knoppers, "Reciprocity and the Quest for Meaningful Disclosure", (2019) 19:5 The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB), 36-38.
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Bartha M. Knoppers, Adrian Thorogood, Ma’n H. Zawati, “Letter: Relearning the 3 R’s? Reinterpretation, recontact, and return of genetic variants”, (2019) Genetics in Medicine, doi:10.1038/s41436-019-0494-1.
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Trevor J.B. Dummer, Philip Awadalla, Catherine Boileau, et al. (including Ma'nZawati), "The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: a pan-Canadian platform for research on chronic disease prevention", (2018) 109:23 Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), E710-E717.
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Erika Kleiderman, Amy Pack, Pascal Borry, Ma'n Zawati, "The author who wasn't there? Fairness and attribution in publications following access to population biobanks", (2018) PLoS ONE, 13(3): e0194997.
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Michael Lang & Ma'n H Zawati, "The App Will See You Now: Mobile Health, Diagnosis, and the Practice of Medicine in Quebec and Ontario", (2018) Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 1-32.
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Ma'n H Zawati, Anne-Marie Tassé, Maimuna Mendy, Élodie Caboux, & Michael Lang, "Barriers and Opportunities in Consent and Access Procedures in Low and Middle-income Country Biobanks: Meeting Notes from the BCNet Training and General Assembly", (2018) Biopreservation and Biobanking, 10.1089/bio.2017.0081.
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Sarah Moore, Anne-Marie Tassé, Adrian Thorogood, Ingrid Winship, Ma'n H Zawati, Megan Doerr, "A Systemic Review of Consent Processes for Mobile App Mediated Research", (2017) 5:8 JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, e126.
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Ma'n Zawati and Michael Lang. "Biobank donors and the concept of benefit: time for reciprocity" (2017) Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 4(2): 371-376.
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Mihaela Pupavac, Ma'n H. Zawati, David S. Rosenblatt, "A RaDiCAL gene hunt" (2017) Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 12(3): 194-198.
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Bartha Maria Knoppers, Karine Sénécal, Joanne Boisjoli, Pascal Borry, Martina C. Cornel, Conrad V. Fernandez, Jasjote Grewal, Ingrid A. Holm, Erin Nelson, Wim Pinxten, Mahsa Shabani, Anne-Marie Tassé, Ma'n H. Zawati, Ellen Wright Clayton, "Recontacting Pediatric Research Participants for Consent When They Reach the Age of Majority." (2016) P3G International Paediatric Research Platform, 38:6.
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Michael J. Szego, and Ma’n H. Zawati. “Whole Genome Sequencing as a Genetic Test for Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Bench to Bedside and Then Back Again.” Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 25.2 (2016): 116–121. Print.
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Shahad Salman, George Vardatsikos, Denise Avard, Nicole Palmour, Ken Dewar, and Ma'n H. Zawati, "FMT Happens: Regulating Fecal Microbiota Therapy in Canada; What You Need to Know." (2016) World Medical & Health Policy, 8: 95–106. doi:10.1002/wmh3.174
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Adrian Thorogood & Ma'n H. Zawati, "International Guidelines for Privacy in Genomic Biobanking (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Pluralism)" (2016) Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Special Issue.
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Edward S. Dove & Ma’n H. Zawati, “Amendments to the Civil Code of Quebec’s Research Provisions: A Legislative Comment” (2015) 8 McGill JL & Health, 79-110.
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Gabrielle Bertier, Ma’n H. Zawati & Yann Joly, “The Role of Whole Genome and Whole Exome Sequencing in Preventive Genomic Sequencing Programs” (2015) 15 AJOB, 22-23.
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Kym Boycott […] Ma’n H. Zawati, et al., “The Clinical Application of Genome-wide Sequencing for Monogenic Diseases in Canada: Position Statement of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists” (2015) 52 Journal of Medical Genetics, 431-437.
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Bartha Maria Knoppers, Ma’n H. Zawati & Karine Sénécal, “Return of genetic testing results in the era of whole-genome sequencing”, (2015) Nature Reviews Genetics (in press).
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Anne Junker, Bartha Maria Knoppers and Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, “Streamlining Review of Research Involving Humans: Canadian Models” (2015) Journal of Medical Genetics, doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102640.
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Adrian Thorogood, Ma’n H. Zawati, Bartha Maria Knoppers, “The Introduction of Point-of-Care Genetic Tests for Hospital Acquired Infections: Legal Considerations” (2014) 12(1) Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 43-50.
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Tim Caulfield, Sarah Burningham, Yann Joly Y. [...] Ma’n H. Zawati, “A review of the key issues associated with the commercialization of biobanks” (2014) 1(1) Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 94-110.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, “There Will be Sharing: Population Biobanks, the Duty to Inform and the Limitations of the Individualistic Conception of Autonomy” (2014) 21 Health Law Journal, 97-140.
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Ma’n H. Zawati and Adrian Thorogood, “The Physician Who Knew Too Much: A Comment on Watters v White”, (2014) 21 Health Law Journal, 1-27.
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Amy L. McGuire, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Ma’n H. Zawati, Ellen W. Clayton, “Can I be sued for that? Liability risk and the disclosure of clinically significant genetic research findings” (2014) 24(5) Genome Research, 719-723.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Bartha Maria Knoppers and Adrian Thorogood, “Population Biobanking and International Collaboration” (2014) 81 Pathobiology, 276-285.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, David Parry, Adrian Thorogood, Minh Thu Nguyen, Kym Boycott, David Rosenblatt and Bartha Maria Knoppers, “Reporting Results from Whole-Genome and Exome Sequencing in Clinical Practice: A Proposal for Canada?” (2014) 51(1) J Med Genetics, 68-70.
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Edward S. Dove, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Ma’n H. Zawati, “Towards an Ethics Safe Harbor for Global Biomedical Research” (2014) 1(1) Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 3-51.
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Bartha Maria Knoppers, Ma’n H. Zawati, Eliza Cohen, “Special Issue – From Biobanks to the Clinic” (2014) 3(2) Applied & Translational Genomics, 21-22.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, David Parry & Bartha Maria Knoppers, “Best Interests of the Child and the Return of Results in Genetic Research: International Comparative Perspectives” (2014) 15(72) BMC Medical Ethics, 1-13.
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Bartha Maria Knoppers, Denise Avard, Karine Sénécal, Ma’n H. Zawati & P3G International Paediatrics Platform members, “Return of Whole-genome Sequencing Results in Paediatric Research : A Statement of the P3G international Paediatrics Platform” (2014) 22(1) European Journal of Human Genetics, 3-5.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Eliza Cohen, David Parry, Denise Avard and David Syncox, “Ethics Education for Clinician-Researchers in Genetics: The Combined Approach” (2014) Applied and Translational Genomics Journal.
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Bartha Maria Knoppers, Edward S. Dove & Ma’n H. Zawati, “Demistifying Biobanks”, (2013) 43(5) Hastings Center Report (September – October 2013), 4-5.
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Bartha M. Knoppers, Mylène Deschênes, Ma’n H. Zawati & Anne-Marie Tassé, “Population studies: return of research results and incidental findings Policy statement” (2013) 21(3) European Journal of Human Genetics, 245-247.
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Emily Kirby, Ma’n H. Zawati & Bartha Maria Knoppers, “Electronic Consent to Health Research in Canada” (2013) 91(2) Canadian Bar Review, 417-433.
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Edward S. Dove, Bartha Maria Knoppers & Ma’n H. Zawati, “An Ethics Safe Harbor for International Genomics Research?” (2013) 5(11) Genome Medicine, 1-11.
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Lee Black, Denise Avard, Ma’n H. Zawati, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Josée Hébert & Guy Sauvageau, “Funding Considerations for the Disclosure of Genetic Incidental Findings in Biobank Research” (2013) 84(5) Clinical Genetics, 397-406.
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Bartha M. Knoppers, Amélie Rioux & Ma’n H. Zawati, “Pediatric Research ‘Personalized’? International Perspectives on the Return of Results” (2013) 10(1) Personalized Medicine, 89-95.
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Ma’n H. Zawati & Bartha M. Knoppers, “International normative perspectives on the return of individual research results and incidental findings in genomic biobanks” (2012) 14 Genet Med, 484-489.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, “Les conseillers en génétique et les professions médicales et infirmières au Québec: des frontières brouillées ?” (2012) 6 MJLH, 137-187.
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Bartha M. Knoppers, Ma’n H. Zawati & Emily Kirby, “Sampling Populations of Humans Across the World: ELSI Issues” (2012) 13 Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet, 395-413.
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Ma’n H. Zawati & Amélie Rioux, “Biobanks and the Return of Research Results: Out with the Old and In with the New?” (2011) 39 JLME, 614-620.
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Anne Cambon-Thomsen et al. (including Ma’n H. Zawati), “The role of a bioresource research impact factor as an incentive to share human bioresources” (2011) 43(6) Nat Genet, 503-504.
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Vural Ozdemir et al. (including Ma’n H. Zawati), “Towards an Ecology of Collective Innovation: Human Variome Project (HVP), Rare Disease Consortium for Autosomal Loci (RaDiCAL) and Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA)” (2011) 9 Curr Pharmacogenomics Person Med, 243-251.
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Vural Ozdemir et al. (including Ma’n H. Zawati), “Vaccines of the 21st Century and Vaccinomics: Data Enabled Science Meets Global Health to Spark Collective Action for Vaccine Innovation” (2011) 15(9) OMICS, 523-527.
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Yann Joly et al (including Ma’n H. Zawati), “Diagnostic Testing for Vaccinomics: Is the Regulatory Approval Framework Adequate? A Comparison of Canada, the United States, and Europe” (2011) 15(9) OMICS, 597-605.
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Bartha M. Knoppers et al. (including Ma’n H. Zawati), “Towards a data sharing Code of Conduct for international genomic research” (2011) 3(7) Genome Medicine doi: 10.1186/gm262, 1-4.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Brian Van Ness & Bartha M. Knoppers, “Incidental Findings in Genomic Research: A Review of International Norms” (2011) 9 GenEdit 1 (Translated in French as well), 1-8.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Matthew Hendy & Yann Joly, “Incidental Findings in Data Intensive Postgenomic Science and Legal Liability for Clinician-Researchers: Ready for Vaccinomics?” (2011) 15(9) OMICS, 615-624.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Pascal Borry & Heidi C. Howard, “Closure of population biobanks and direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies” (2011) 130(3) Hum Genet, 425-432.
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Bartha M. Knoppers & Ma’n H. Abdul-Rahman (Zawati), “Health Privacy in Genetic Research: Populations and Persons” (2009) 28(2) Politics Life Sci, 99-101.
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Bartha M Knoppers, Ma’n H. Abdul-Rahman (Zawati) & Karine Bédard, “Genomic Databases and International Collaboration” (2007) 18(2) KLJ, 291-311.
Reports, Statements and Conference Proceedings
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Stefania Boccia, Walter Ricciardi, Roberta Pastorino, Róza Ádány, Floris Barnhoorn, Paolo Boffetta, Franco Boretti, Martina Cornel, Corrado De Vito, Muir Gray, Anant Jani, Michael Lang, Marcello Paglione, Jim Roldan, Annalisa Rosso, José Manuel Sánchez, Cornelia Van Dujin, Carla Van El, Paolo Villari, Ma'n H. Zawati, How to integrate Personalized Medicine into Prevention? Recommendations from the Personalized pREvention of Chronic Diseases (PRECeDI) consortium (2018).
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Emily Kirby, Anne-Marie Tassé, Ma'n H. Zawati and Bartha Maria Knoppers, L’accès et le partage de l’information par les chercheurs en génomique, Document d'orientation politique (Montréal: Génome Québec, 2018).
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Emily Kirby, Anne-Marie Tassé, Ma'n H. Zawati and Bartha Maria Knoppers, Data Sharing by Researchers in Genomics (Montréal: Génome Québec, March 2018).
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Eman Sadoun, Fowzan Alkuraya, Khalid Fakhro, Ma'n H. Zawati, Said Ismail, Tawfeg Ben-Omran, "Genomics in the Gulf Region and Islamic Ethics." (2016) Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics. Sadoun, Eman.,Genomics in the Gulf Region and Islamic Studies. Edited by Mohammed Ghaly, Genomics in the Gulf Region and Islamic Studies.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, “Biobanques destinées à la recherche: introduction et défis majeurs”, in Actes: 6e edition, Journées d’étude des comités d’éthique de la recherche et de leurs partenaires (Québec, La Direction des communications du ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, 2013), 20-25.
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Karine Sénécal, Emmanuelle Lévesque, Conrad Fernandez, Anne Marie Tassé, Ma’n H. Zawati, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Denise Avard, RMGA Statement of Principles on the Return of Research Results and Incidental Findings, Montreal, RMGA, 2013.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Amélie Rioux, Martin Hétu, et. al, Rapport Final - Le médecin face aux nouvelles technologies dans le domaine médical: nouvelles responsabilités?, Montreal, Canadian Bioethics Society's Pre-conference Expert Forum, 2012.
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Ma’n H. Zawati, Bartha M. Knoppers & Amélie Rioux, Guidance for Biobanking: Models of Consent for Public Health, presented to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 2011.
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Ma’n H. Abdul-Rahman (Zawati), Key Ethical Considerations in the Development of Guidelines for the Biobanking of Human Biological Materials: A Discussion Paper, presented to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 2010.
Case books