Sarah Chan is Chancellor's Fellow in Ethics and Science Communicator in The Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland in 2018.
Sarah Chan | |
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| Alma mater | University of Manchester University of Melbourne |
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| Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Manchester |
Early life and education
editChan completed her undergraduate degrees in law and biological sciences at the University of Melbourne. She earned a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science.[1] She worked briefly as a laboratory scientist in molecular biology before focussing her efforts on policy and ethics. Chan moved to the United Kingdom, and earned a doctoral degree in healthcare ethics at the University of Manchester.
Research and career
editIn 2005 Chan was appointed a Research Fellow Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester.[2] She was appointed Deputy Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation in 2009.[3] Chan works on medical ethics, with a particular focus on stem cells, embryos and reproductive medicine.[4] and has written about the ethical risks associated with genome editing.[5] She moved to the University of Edinburgh In 2016 she was awarded a Wellcome Trust seed grant to investigate the relationships between social media and health, studying the nature of patient participation in the digital age.[6] She has studied the ethical implications of animal enhancement.[7][8]
Chan is a popular science communicator, and has delivered lectures at various venues including the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology,[9] the Royal Society[10] and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She provides comment to the national media, including the BBC.[11][12] She is a member of the SynBioChem council, which looks to develop sustainable speciality chemicals.[13]
Chan was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018.[14] She serves on the Genomics England Ethics Advisory Committee and the Scottish Genomes Partnership.[15][16]
Selected publications
editHer publications include;
- Coggon, John; Chan, Sarah (2015). From reason to practice in bioethics. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-9623-5.
- Daniela, Cutas; Chan, Sarah (2012). Families – Beyond the Nuclear Ideal (Science Ethics and Society). Bloomsbury Academic.
- Chan, SW (2017). "Montgomery and informed consent: where are we now?". BMJ. 35.
- Chan, Sarah (2018). "In search of a post-genomic bioethics: Lessons from Political Biology". History of the Human Sciences. doi:10.1177/0952695117729119c.
References
edit- ^ "The Hinxton Group: Members". www.hinxtongroup.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Interview: Dr Sarah Chan". nesta. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Sarah Chan | Eurostemcell". www.eurostemcell.org. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ "Sarah Chan". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ Zohny, Hazem (2018-11-28). "Claims over human genome editing: scientific irresponsibility at its worst". Journal of Medical Ethics blog. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Patienthood and participation in the digital era | Wellcome". wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "talks.cam : Improving on Nature: Biotechnology and the Ethics of Animal Enhancement". talks.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Harris, John; Chan, Sarah (2011-10-26). "Human Animals and Nonhuman Persons". The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics: 304–331. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195371963.013.0012. ISBN 978-0195371963.
- ^ "Ethics in Science Lecture by Sarah Chan – University of Edinburgh, UK | Max Planck Neuroscience". Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "The future of your genetic health | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Should we try to save species?". 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Gallagher, James (2017-10-25). "'Incredible' editing of life's building blocks". Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Cabinet :: SYNBIOCHEM". Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Sarah Chan - member of Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ "Ethics Advisory Committee". Genomics England. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ "Scottish Genomes Partnership | Genetic and Genomic testing". scottish-genomes. Retrieved 2019-09-13.