2024

Prof. Tim Dare1 1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Biography: Bio to come Abstract: There are now effective and funded treatments for hepatitis C with very significant benefits for individuals and communities. In Aotearoa New Zealand, about 3500 people were...

Dr David Hunter1 1University Of Adelaide, Bellevue Heights, Australia Biography: I am a political philosopher by background, originally from New Zealand I have worked as well in Northern Ireland, England and Australia. I am presently based in the School of...

Ms Sylvia Sherborne1, Dr Giuliana Fuscaldo1, Dr Rebecca Brown2, Dr Cesar Palacios-Gonzalez2, Dr Joanna Demaree-Cotton2 1Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University, , , 2Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University, , Biography: Sylvia is a final year medical student at Monash...

Dr Naomi Holbeach1 1University Of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia Biography: Dr Naomi Holbeach is an obstetrician and gynaecologist working in Melbourne and currently completing her PhD on the ethics of surgical innovation at the University of Melbourne. She holds dual qualifications...

Dr Zohar Lederman1 1Hku, Hong Kong Biography: Zohar is an emergency medicine physician and a bioethicist, researching loneliness, environmental ethics, and the Israeli occupation. Abstract: This paper explores the idea of sexual, or erotic loneliness. First, erotic loneliness is defined...

Ian Freckelton1 Abstract: This paper reviews the changes over two decades in the United States and Australia in relation to drugs enabling medical abortion. It also scrutinises three contentious decisions by the United States Supreme Court between 2022 and 2024...

Ms Chanelle Warton1,2 1School of Philosophical, Historical, and Indigenous Studies, Monash University, , Australia, 2Global Women's and Newborn's Health Group, Burnet Institute, , Australia Biography: Chanelle Warton is a doctoral candidate at Monash University. Her doctoral research examines the role...

A/Prof. Gemma Mcerlean1 1School of Nursing, University of Wollongong , Sydney, Australia, 2St George Hospital , Kogarah, Australia Biography: Dr. Gemma McErlean is a conjoint Associate Professor at UOW and St George Hospital. She is a registered nurse with over...

Dr Fabian Cannizzo1, Dr Rebekah McWhirter2, Professor Alan Petersen1, Prof. Ainsley Newson3, Dr Miranda E. Vidgen4 1Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 2Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 3University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 4Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia Biography: Dr...

Dr Elisa Calabrese1,3,4,5, Professor Marie Bismark2, Professor Wendy Babidge1,3, Professor Guy Maddern1,3,6 1University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, 2University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, Australia, 4Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Los Angeles, United States,...