Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
I am a Senior Researcher working on the ethics of infectious disease, and specifically pandemic preparedness, response and surveillance, as a member of the Ethox Centre at the University of Oxford, and the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford. I am also a Research Fellow at Reuben College, Oxford. My primary research interests include ethical questions surrounding antimicrobial resistance, coercive public health measures, emerging infectious diseases, and new technologies for pathogen and health surveillance.
My DPhil research was completed in 2022. I proposed an ethical framework for assessing genetic enhancements for humans. I crossed the sub-disciplines of public health ethics and reproductive ethics to suggest a new approach to regulation of prospective enhancements.
My areas of specialisation in practical ethics teaching include human enhancement, genetic technologies, collective-oriented public health, and reproductive technologies. Broader areas of competence include ethics, metaethics, introductory philosophy and philosophy of science.
DPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford
Thesis title: 'The Ethics of Human Genomic Enhancement: A Framework for Public Health Policy'
Master of Bioethics, Monash University
Bachelor of Arts (linguistics, biological anthropology)/
Bachelor of Science (biology), Australian National University
University College, Oxford
Stipendiary Lecturer
Merton College, Oxford
Deputy Principal of the Postmasters
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Research Assistant
Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Research Assistant
University College, Oxford
Non-Stipendiary Lecturer
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Graduate Lecturer
St Catherine's College, Oxford; Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; Harris Manchester College, Oxford; Merton College, Oxford; New College, Oxford.
Graduate Tutor
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Research Impact Evaluator
Faculty of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Teaching Associate
Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award (co-applicant as part of the Postgraduate Bioethics Students' Committee, grant awarded 2022-2025)
Gowrie Scholarship, Australian Gowrie Trust Fund
Overseas Scholarship, St Catherine's College, Oxford
Residential Academic Scholarship, Monash University
Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Academy UK
Committee Member, Institute of Medical Ethics UK Grants and Awards Committee
Associate Editor, Monash Bioethics Review
Committee Member and Coordinator of ECR Programme, Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference (2023, 2024)
Co-secretary, Development of Student Academics (DOSA) Committee, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford
Researcher, UK Postgraduate Bioethics Committee
Reviewer, 25th Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference
Chair and Lead Organiser, Oxford Bioethics and the Public Graduate Discussion Meeting
Mentor for Graduate Women Students, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Reviewer, 24th Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference
*Indicates invited talks
Global Health and Bioethics Network Summer School 2022, 2023, 2024
Accepted for oral presentations on finding connections between antimicrobial stewardship, pandemic response, and global catastrophic biological risks, for an academic audience of the GHBN network.
International Association of Bioethics World Congress of Bioethics, 2022, 2024
Accepted for oral presentation on trade-offs between addressing antimicrobial resistance and combatting urgent public health threats like COVID-19, for an academic audience.
Postgraduate Bioethics Conference, 2022
Accepted for oral presentation on trade-offs between addressing antimicrobial resistance and combatting urgent public health threats like COVID-19, for an academic audience.
Global Priorities Institute Early Career Conference Programme, 2022
Accepted for oral presentation as part of month-long conference programme, researching ethical arguments for states to contribute to mitigating global catastrophic biological risks, for an academic audience.
Oxford Global Health and Bioethics Conference, 2022, 2023, 2024
Accepted for oral presentations on antimicrobial resistance, for an academic audience.
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics World Conference, 2022
Accepted for oral presentation on medical vs public health framings of human germline genome editing, for an academic audience.
Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, 2021, 2023, 2024
Conference presentations on vaccinating those who are unable to consent, Nipah virus disease, and antimicrobial resistance, for an academic audience.
Annual EACME Conference – Smart Ethics in Transylvania, 2021
Conference presentation on topics including the medicalisation of wellbeing, and the implications for the treatment-enhancement distinction,for an academic audience.
*Universidad Autonoma de Narayit Social Philosophy Seminar Series, 2021
Presentation and Q&A on genetic immunisation as a public health measure, an alternative to vaccination in the future. Audience of students and academics.
*Oxford Medical Law and Ethics Discussion Group Seminar, 2021
Presentation on the treatment-enhancement distinction and public health, for an audience of graduate students and academics.
*University of Queensland Effective Altruism Society Webinar, 2020
Presentation, Q&A and scenario workshop on individualism and collectivism in the enhancement debate, for a public and university student audience.
*Balliol College Bruce’s Brunch Conversation Series, 2020
Introductory talk on forms of human enhancement, for a public audience.