Jaime Breilh
Jaime Breilh, Md. PhD. Latin American scientist. President of the Ecuadorian Academy of Medicine (2014-2016). Rector of the Andean University of Ecuador – (UASB-E / 2016-18). Director of the Collective Health Research Center and Laboratories (CILABSalud). Coordinator of the PhD and postdoctoral programs of the Health Sciences Area (UASB-E). Internationally recognized as one of the founders of Latin American critical epidemiology and the Latin American Social Medicine / Collective Health Movement. His work is internationally recognized for its groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of social determination of health, critical health theory, health inequity and alternative research methodology, with instruments for intercultural participative research. His books have published in several languages -Spanish, Portuguese and English. Oxford University Press published on January 2021 his book “Critical epidemiology and the people´s health”. Has been invited as visiting professor and keynote speaker in graduate programs and events of Latin America, United States, Europe and India. Several universities have awarded him the condition of honorary professor and in one case an honorary doctorate for his contributions to transformative health research. Author of award wining essays on critical epidemiology, gender and the history of health. Visiting Professor at universities in Latin America, Europe, the United States and Canada. The Pan-American Health Office (PAHO) selected his book on critical epidemiology and intercultural science for its “textbooks program”. Academic awards granted by: International Students Organization, University of California (San Diego – 2004-); University of British Columbia, Peter Wall Advanced Studies Institute (2012); National Congress of Students of Ecuador (2018); Rector´s Award University of Antioquia, Colombia (2018).* Website: ç *Facebook: Jaime Breilh *Twitter: @jaimebreilh
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greed. In this global context, the preeminence of a technologically endowed but epistemologically and ethically
misguided form of science has contributed to forms of “scientific illiteracy” and strategies of planned ignorance that
nourish a neo-conservative form of governance. The challenge of transforming the paradigm of bioethics and the
right to health beyond the biomedical horizon is an urgent priority. Critical, transformative bioethics has to place at
its ontological center the complex reality of the concrete reproduction of life in social spaces historically determined
by the private accumulation of wealth. Intercultural and meta-critical alternatives must be enunciated that arise
from the voices of the affected communities, of scientists or independent experts and public managers involved
and linked to a real project of justice and the full ethics of life. Developed on the basis of critical epidemiology,
this essay sustains the epistemological and practical strength of the paradigm of social determination and the
meta-critical methodology that the author has proposed as powerful tools for a radical shift in thought and action
linked to the development of rights and ethics. Medicine, public health, and collective health provide an important
resource as a navigation chart for forging a reform of ethics and the rights of humans and of nature
formation of a civilisation of extreme greed. In this global context, the preeminence
of a technologically endowed but epistemologically and
ethically misguided form of science has contributed to forms of
‘scientific illiteracy’ and strategies of planned ignorance that nourish a
neo-conservative form of governance. The challenge of transforming
the paradigm of bioethics and the right to health beyond the
biomedical horizon is an urgent priority. Building on the strengths of a
social determination approach and a meta-critical methodology and
rooted in critical epidemiology, this essay proposes powerful tools for a
radical shift in thought and action linked to rights and ethics. Together,
medicine, public health, and collective health provide a path forward to
reform ethics and advance the rights of humans and nature.
greed. In this global context, the preeminence of a technologically endowed but epistemologically and ethically
misguided form of science has contributed to forms of “scientific illiteracy” and strategies of planned ignorance that
nourish a neo-conservative form of governance. The challenge of transforming the paradigm of bioethics and the
right to health beyond the biomedical horizon is an urgent priority. Critical, transformative bioethics has to place at
its ontological center the complex reality of the concrete reproduction of life in social spaces historically determined
by the private accumulation of wealth. Intercultural and meta-critical alternatives must be enunciated that arise
from the voices of the affected communities, of scientists or independent experts and public managers involved
and linked to a real project of justice and the full ethics of life. Developed on the basis of critical epidemiology,
this essay sustains the epistemological and practical strength of the paradigm of social determination and the
meta-critical methodology that the author has proposed as powerful tools for a radical shift in thought and action
linked to the development of rights and ethics. Medicine, public health, and collective health provide an important
resource as a navigation chart for forging a reform of ethics and the rights of humans and of nature
formation of a civilisation of extreme greed. In this global context, the preeminence
of a technologically endowed but epistemologically and
ethically misguided form of science has contributed to forms of
‘scientific illiteracy’ and strategies of planned ignorance that nourish a
neo-conservative form of governance. The challenge of transforming
the paradigm of bioethics and the right to health beyond the
biomedical horizon is an urgent priority. Building on the strengths of a
social determination approach and a meta-critical methodology and
rooted in critical epidemiology, this essay proposes powerful tools for a
radical shift in thought and action linked to rights and ethics. Together,
medicine, public health, and collective health provide a path forward to
reform ethics and advance the rights of humans and nature.