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Centre for Human Bioethics

Thank you for taking the time to visit the Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics (CHB). You will find here information about the Centre's staff, their research activities, our postgraduate degree programs, and our new undergraduate units. Our annual Intensive Bioethics Course, usually held at Mt Buffalo Chalet, attracts visitors from around Australia and many other countries, such as New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, Japan, China, Malaysia and South Africa. To learn more about bioethics and the work of the Centre, please see this interview with Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley, Centre Director. [video 7.09 mins]

Congratulations to Paul Biegler
Warm congratulations to the Centre's ARC Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Paul Biegler for winning the 2011 ACU Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics, for his book, The Ethical Treatment of Depression: Autonomy through Psychotherapy (MIT Press, 2011). This prestigious award is well-deserved recognition of the quality of Paul's work, on an issue of great current significance for the Australian community.

Welcome to Dr Michael Selgelid
In February 2011 the Centre appointed Dr Michael Selgelid to a continuing position as Senior Lecturer in Bioethics. Michael comes to Monash from the ANU Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, where he has become a leading international figure in public health ethics. Michael has also been Director of a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics, and Deputy Director of the National Centre for Biosecurity. Please see one of Michael's most recent contributions to debates regarding synthetic biology, Artificial life research triggers concerns, from ABC Science.

Welcome Prof. Julian Savulescu
We're delighted to announce the cross-faculty appointment of high-profile international bioethicist Professor Julian Savulescu, from Oxford University, to a Sir Louis Matheson Visiting Professorship. Julian completed his PhD with the Centre in 1994 and will spend approximately a month here each year, giving lectures and seminars.