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Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore

I am a philosopher by training, specializing in applied ethics. I have published on a variety of topics in that area, including research ethics, big data, vaccine allocation, food ethics, human enhancement, and in vitro fertilization. Other interests include clinical ethics, social and political philosophy, politics, and journalism ethics.

The views and opinions I express are my own and do not represent the views and opinions of the National University of Singapore or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

Experience

  • –present
    Research Fellow in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
  • 2014–2015
    Postdoctoral Research Associate - Neuroethics, Oxford Centre for Neuroethics
  • 2008–2010
    Pre-doctoral Fellow, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Education

  • 2014 
    University of Oxford, DPhil
  • 2012 
    University of Oxford, BPhil
  • 2008 
    Princeton University, BA

Publications

  • 2015
    Direct vs. Indirect Moral Enhancement, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
  • 2015
    Should Double Embryo Transfer be Banned? , Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
  • 2014
    The Ethics of Producing In Vitro Meat, Journal of Applied Philosophy
  • 2014
    Autonomy and Enhancement, Neuroethics
  • 2012
    Informing egg donors of the potential for embryonic research: a survey of consent forms from U.S. in vitro fertilization clinics, Fertility and Sterility
  • 2010
    The Right to Withdraw from Research, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
  • 2009
    The Obligation to Participate in Biomedical Research, Journal of the American Medical Association

Grants and Contracts

  • 2016
    HSS Seed Fund: Integrating Ethics Policy in Precision Genomics
    Role:
    Project Coordinator
    Funding Source:
    National University of Singapore