Sismondo, Sergio -

Personal Information
First Name: 
Sergio
Last Name: 
Sismondo
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Philosophy
University Affiliation: 
Queen's University
Phone: 
(613) 533.6000
Extension: 
77042
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Medicine
Geographical Region: 
Global
North America
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Pharmaceutical science and marketing, realism, constructivism, and deflationism
Academics
PHD Program: 
Science and Technology Studies
PHD University: 
Cornell University
PHD Date: 
1993
Major Publications: 
The Art of Science (Broadview Press, 2003) Intersections of Pharmaceutical Research and Marketing (editor) Social Studies of Science 34, 2 (2004) An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies Blackwell, 2004 Science without Myth: On Constructions, Reality and Social Knowledge. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996. Linking Research and Marketing: A Pharmaceutical Innovation In Vivian Quirke and Judy Slinn (eds.) Perspectives on 20th Century Pharmaceuticals (Peter Lang, forthcoming) Publication Ethics and the Ghost Management of Medical Research (Sergio Sismondo and Mathieu Doucet) Bioethics, forthcoming. Ghosts in the Machine: Publication Planning in the Medical Sciences Social Studies of Science 39(2): 171-198. Evaluating Solutions to Sponsorship Bias (Mathieu Doucet and Sergio Sismondo) Journal of Medical Ethics, 34 (2008): 627-630. How pharmaceutical industry funding affects trial outcomes: causal structures and responses Social Science and Medicine 66 (2008): 1909-1914. Pharmaceutical company funding and its consequences: a systematic review Contemporary Clinical Trials 29, 2 (2008): 109-113.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Society for Social Studies of Science; European Association for Studies of Science and Technology; Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science
Courses Taught: 
Science, Technology, and Society; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Medicine; Introductory Philosophy