Doctor of Philosophy candidate, University of Oxford
I am a student researcher at The University of Oxford, in the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. I am currently conducting research towards my doctoral degree, with a focus on the area of germline gene editing for human enhancement.
Prior to my current work, I completed a Master of Bioethics at Monash University in 2019, with a significant research project component. This followed my undergraduate study at the Australian National University, where I undertook a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Linguistics and Biological Anthropology, and a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biology, completed in 2017.
Within my field of expertise, bioethics, my research interests lie in biomedical, and particularly reproductive, technologies, public health ethics, and relational approaches to ethics.
Human genetic enhancement might soon be possible – but where do we draw the line?
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