Dr. Wolbring is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, the Program in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies; part-time professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa; Founding Member and Distinguished Scholar, Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University, U.S.; Adjunct Faculty, Critical Disability Studies, York University Canada.

He is, among others, the President Elect of the Canadian Disability Studies Association and Chair of the Bioethics Taskforce of Disabled People's International. Between 1998 and 2009, he wrote over 20 book chapters, 34 peer-reviewed articles, 70 non peer-reviewed articles, and gave over 230 lectures.

His research interests cover: ability and ableism ethics and governance; history of thalidomide and thalidomiders; disability studies; social, ethical, legal, economic, environmental, cultural and governance issues of new, emerging, and converging sciences and technologies (S&T); governance of bodily enhancement S&T; impact of S&T on marginalized populations especially sports for the disabled; human security, human rights models and determinants of health; global health, tele-health, health- (technology assessment, law, care and policies); medical anthropology; foresight studies, history, bioethics issues, and biochemistry. All of his articles are listed here.