Author: Blair Bigham

Blair Bigham

Blair is an award-winning journalist, scientist and physician who trained in emergency and critical care medicine at McMaster and Stanford Universities. He was a Global Journalism Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Associate Scientist at St Michael’s Hospital before joining the faculty of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, newscasts, podcasts and medical journals. He is co-host of the CMAJ Podcast.

INSIGHTS: Who’s policing clinical trials? Often, no one.

A bioethicist sheds light on the shadowy world of phase one clinical trials, where new drugs are tested on humans for the first time in a broken system of incen... Read more.

Blair Bigham, Guest Opinion 2 May 2025

Ontario nurses protest over patient ratios in the wake of IJB investigation

Nurses took to the streets last month at 26 hospitals in 15 cities across Ontario – including Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa – days after the IJB and the Toro... Read more.

Stacey Kuznetsova, Démar Grant, Blair Bigham 4 April 2025

Behind the Reporting: Physician/Journalist Blair Bigham reflects on Ontario nursing investigation

I work in Ontario hospitals, and my reverence for nurses cannot be overstated. I see their commitment to patients every day I go to work. I also see their... Read more.

Blair Bigham 2 April 2025

Ontario nurses raising alarm over high patient loads that put patients at risk, internal reports reveal

Nurses in the Niagara Health System are facing overwhelming patient loads that are undermining care and risk triggering staff burnout, according to internal hos... Read more.

Démar Grant, Blair Bigham, Robert Cribb 27 February 2025