User profiles for Stanislav Birko

Stanislav Birko

Université de Montréal
Verified email at umontreal.ca
Cited by 511

Evaluation of nine consensus indices in Delphi foresight research and their dependency on Delphi survey characteristics: a simulation study and debate on Delphi …

S Birko, ES Dove, V Özdemir - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The extent of consensus (or the lack thereof) among experts in emerging fields of innovation
can serve as antecedents of scientific, societal, investor and stakeholder synergy or conflict. …

Fair shares and sharing fairly: a survey of public views on open science, informed consent and participatory research in biobanking

Y Joly, G Dalpé, D So, S Birko - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Context Biobanks are important resources which enable large-scale genomic research with
human samples and data, raising significant ethical concerns about how participants’ …

The value of non-invasive prenatal testing: preferences of Canadian pregnant women, their partners, and health professionals regarding NIPT use and access

S Birko, V Ravitsky, C Dupras, J Le Clerc-Blain… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Canadian policies regarding the implementation and public coverage of non-invasive
prenatal testing (NIPT) are heterogeneous and shifting, with NIPT being publicly …

Early-career researchers' views on ethical dimensions of patient engagement in research

JC Bélisle-Pipon, G Rouleau, S Birko - BMC medical ethics, 2018 - Springer
Background Increasing attention and efforts are being put towards engaging patients in health
research, and some have even argued that patient engagement in research (PER) is an …

[HTML][HTML] Canadian pregnant women's preferences regarding NIPT for Down syndrome: the information they want, how they want to get it, and with whom they want to …

AM Laberge, S Birko, MÈ Lemoine… - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This study sought to assess Canadian pregnant women's and their partners’
preferences for information about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Methods Pregnant women …

A Delphi technology foresight study: Mapping social construction of scientific evidence on metagenomics tests for water safety

S Birko, ES Dove, V Özdemir - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Access to clean water is a grand challenge in the 21 st century. Water safety testing for
pathogens currently depends on surrogate measures such as fecal indicator bacteria (eg, E. coli). …

Governing the futures of non-invasive prenatal testing: An exploration of social acceptability using the Delphi method

C Dupras, S Birko, AO Affdal, H Haidar… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) offers numerous benefits
to pregnant women and their families. It also raises ethical, legal and social concerns …

Non-invasive prenatal testing and the unveiling of an impaired translation process

…, U Ogbogu, S Ali-Khan, G Bertier, S Birko… - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is an exciting technology with the potential to provide a
variety of clinical benefits, including a reduction in miscarriages, via a decline in invasive …

Noninvasive prenatal testing: views of canadian pregnant women and their partners regarding pressure and societal concerns

V Ravitsky, S Birko, J Le Clerc-Blain… - AJOB Empirical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) provides important benefits yet raises
ethical concerns. We surveyed Canadian pregnant women and their partners to explore their …

[CITATION][C] Moving towards routine non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): challenges related to women's autonomy

S Birko, ME Lemoine, MT Nguyen, V Ravitsky - OBM Genetics, 2018 - lidsen.com
Women’s reproductive autonomy, and its translation into informed free choice regarding
prenatal screening, is a dominant concept in the bioethical discourse concerning prenatal …