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Author Biographies Vol.1, No.2
Andrea Boggio works at the Institute of Bioethics of the University of Geneva. Dr. Boggio is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Genomic Databases and Public Health Research" Project (Canada). His research interests are ethics, policy and genetics. He received his doctorate in law from Stanford University (USA) in 2003 and a law degree from the Catholic University in Milan (Italy). Go to article: Charitable Trusts and Human Research Genetic Databases: The Way Forward?
J.A. Bovenberg (JABovenberg@xs4all.nl) practices law in the Netherlands (Admitted to New York Bar (1989) and Amsterdam Bar (1990). He was legal adviser to the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) on its Statement on Human Genomic Databases (2002-2003) and a member of the Netherlands task force on Biobanks, advising the Dutch Minister of Health. He is currently advising the OECD on ownership and commercialisation issues relating to biobanks. He is the author of various publications on legal aspects of genomics and pharmaceutical research. Bovenberg obtained his J.D. from the University of Leiden School of Law (1988) and his LL.M from the University of Michigan School of Law (1989). He is currently pursuing his Ph.D from Leiden University on property rights in human DNA (2005). Go to article: Blood, Sweat and Grants -'Honest Jim' and the European database-right
Nikki Breheny is a Senior Project Officer in the Genomics Directorate, Population Health, Department of Health Western Australia. She has worked previously at the Health and Welfare Expenditure Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and her interests include familial cancer, prenatal screening for Down syndrome and other fetal anomalies. Go to article: Cost-effectiveness of predictive genetic tests for familial breast and ovarian cancer
Anthony Mark Cutter is newly appointed Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Central Lancashire , and presently a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the ESRC Centre for Economic & Social Aspects of Genomics. Mark is a Barrister, Mediator and Arbitrator and sits on the board of trustees as a Governor of the Royal National College for the Blind. Go to article: Book Review - Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping and Sport
Elizabeth Geelhoed is a Senior Lecturer in health economics at the School of Population Health , The University of Western Australia. Interests include the cost-effectiveness of genetic tests and the willingness to pay for genetic information. Go to article: Cost-effectiveness of predictive genetic tests for familial breast and ovarian cancer
Jack Goldblatt is a clinical geneticist, Director of Genetic Services of Western Australia (WA) and the Familial Cancer Program of the Women's and Children's Health Service and a Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Australia. Interests include the genetics of asthma, vaccine responses, cancer and infertility and the delineation of'new' genetic syndromes. Go to article: Cost-effectiveness of predictive genetic tests for familial breast and ovarian cancer
Machiko Itoh is a graduate student in Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University. She received her master's degree in molecular evolutionary biology, and her doctoral work includes analysis and design of communication activities among researchers in different fields and between researchers and non-researchers. Go to article: What Should Scientists Do Outside the Laboratory? Lessons on Science Communication from the Japanese Genome Research Project
Kazuto Kato is Associate Professor of Science Communication and Bioethics at the Institute for Research in Humanities and Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University. He has a PhD degree in developmental biology and started his work on social aspects of biological research ten years ago. He is interested in how to stimulate thoughts of scientists and change their attitudes toward society. Go to article: What Should Scientists Do Outside the Laboratory? Lessons on Science Communication from the Japanese Genome Research Project
Peter O'Leary is the Director of the Genomics Directorate, within the Division of Population Health at the Department of Health, Western Australia. He is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Women's and Infant's Health at The University of Western Australia. He is also Biochemist at the Women's and Children's Health Service. Interests include ethics, genetic testing, familial cancer, newborn and prenatal screening and diagnosis. Go to article: Cost-effectiveness of predictive genetic tests for familial breast and ovarian cancer
Kadri Simm is currently completing her PhD thesis in the department of philosophy, University of Tartu. Her research has focused on justice issues in health care provision, especially as regards to new developments in genetics and biotechnology. Go to article: Benefit-sharing: an inquiry regarding the meaning and limits of the concept in human genetic research
Garrath Williams is Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University and Postgraduate Director of CESAGen, the ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics. His research is mainly in moral and political philosophy, and centres on the nature of responsibility and the role of institutional frameworks in enabling, or undermining, responsible thought and conduct. In applied ethics, he has worked on genethics, research ethics, and police ethics. Go to article: Bioethics and large-scale biobanking: individualistic ethics and collective projects
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