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Assistant Professor Marisa Almeida Araújo1 1Lusíada University The twenty-first century is still offering – old and new – forms for inequalities and exclusion. Complex issues arise from biotechnologies, in particular from Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) that, in many cases, can...

Dr Tamra Lysaght1, Dr  Gerald Owen  Schaefer, Dr Teck Chuan Voo, Dr Hwee Lin Wee, Dr Roy Joseph 1National University Of Singapore High degrees of uncertainty and a lack of effective therapeutic treatments have characterized the COVID-19 pandemic and the...

Dr Ryan Essex1 1University Of Greenwich Activism as it relates to health and healthcare have been remarkably common over the last 200 years. Such action was important in achieving improvements in sanitation throughout Europe in the 1800’s, and in agitating...

A/prof Chris Degeling1 1University Of Wollongong The rising rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) make the misuse of antibiotics in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) of global concern. Approximately 50% of prescriptions in RACFs are considered inappropriate; with antibiotic misuse in...

Dr Michael Dunn1 1National University Of Singapore Significant effort has been expended recently in developing new methodologies for conducting ‘empirical bioethics’ (EB) research.  As a broad methodological orientation, EB seeks to integrate empirical and normative ethical analysis to make practical...

Ms. Tessa Holzman1 1Monash University The aim of my presentation will be to receive considered feedback on a work-in-progress meant for publication. The topic of this publication will be whether existential suffering should ethically be acceptable grounds to grant an...

Join this session to hear from four professionals with training in bioethics and health law about how they are navigating their way in and around academia. The panel will share their experiences, key lessons, advice, and answer your questions. On...

Dr Anne Poelina is a Nyikina Warrwa woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. An active community leader, human and earth rights advocate, film maker and a respected academic researcher, with a second Doctor of Philosophy (First Law) titled,...

 Mary Graham is a Kombu-merri (Gold Coast) fathers clan and Waka Waka through her mother’s clan. And is now retired. She has lectured on subjects in Aboriginal history, politics, and comparative philosophy at the University of Queensland and at other...

This panel brings together diverse perspectives on the ethics and governance of data-intensive health and medical research. The session is structured in two parts. In the first part, panellists will discuss the fundamental values that should guide the collection, storage,...