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Paul Istasy

RESEARCH AREAS:

  • Medical Epistemology

  • History and Philosophy of Medicine

  • Philosophy of Science

CONTACT:

  • Rotman Institute of Philosophy
    Western University
    Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, 7156
    London, Ontario, Canada
    N6A 3K7

  • pistasy@uwo.ca

PAUL ISTASY

Medical Student;
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University

I am currently a first year medical student at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. My interests in the intersection of the humanities and the sciences began in my undergraduate degree where I pursued a Bachelors of Science with an Honours Specialization in Neuroscience and a Major in Philosophy (with distinction). I further cultivated these interests by completing a Master’s Degree in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario where I was a resident member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Throughout my M.A degree, I focused on the philosophical issues that arise in medical practice: these ranged from the influence of Artificial Intelligence on the physician-patient trust relationship, to the question of what constitutes sufficient evidence in the medical sciences, to an analysis of descriptive theories of diagnostic reasoning.

Throughout the upcoming year, I will be working on a number of projects in the philosophy of medicine.

MA Thesis

Towards a Holistic Paradigm of Diagnostic Reasoning – Situationist Remedy to Virtue Epistemological Pitfalls

Published Articles:

  • Hampson E, Istasy P, Owais S., Chow J. A., Howidi B., & Oullette S. J. (2020) . Sex differences in the Recognition of Emotion in Children’s Faces: A Further Test of the Fitness Threat Hypothesis. Evolutaionary Psychological Sciences: 1-16.
  • Cernovsky Z, Istasy P, Hernandez-Aguilar ME, Mateos-Moreno A, Bureau Y, Chiu S. Quantifying post-accident neurological symptoms other than concussion. Archives of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1 (2), 50-54.
  • Istasy P, Cernovsky Z, Bureau Y, Chiu S. (2018). Self-Reported Clinical Correlates of Insomnia. Archives of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1 (2): 23-25
  • Cernovsky Z, Istasy P, Bureau Y, & Chiu S. (2018). Scale for retrospective assessment of immediate concussion symptoms. Mental Illness, 10 (2): 70-71 and Appendix (2 pages)

Conference Presentations

  • Istasy P, Christidis N, Lau JC, and Steven DA. Investigating Rater Reliability in the Assessment of SEEG Implantation Accuracy. Poster Presented at the Clinical Neurological Sciences Departmental Research Day, London, Ontario, Canada, May 14, 2019. (Additionally, this poster will be presented at the Canadian League Against Epilepsy Annual conference, Winnipeg, MB. September 20-22, 2019.)
  • Istasy P, Cernovsky Z, Bureau Y, Chiu S. Immediate Concussion Symptoms (ICS) Scale, its Properties and Long-Term Correlates. Poster Presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP) in Mexico City, Mexico, September 27-30, 2018
  • Istasy P, Cernovsky Z, Bureau Y, Chiu S. Self-Reported Clinical Correlates of Insomnia. Poster Presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP) in Mexico City, Mexico, September 27-30, 2018

Fall and Winter, 2019, Phil 1200: Reasoning and Critical Thinking, Western University, (TA).