Staff of the Centre for Human Bioethics
Academic Staff
Associate Professor Justin Oakley
Director, Centre for Human Bioethics
Co-editor, Monash Bioethics ReviewAssoc. Prof. Justin Oakley, Director of the Centre, is the author of Morality and the Emotions, and Virtue Ethics and Professional Roles (with Dean Cocking) as well as articles in scholarly journals. He joined the Centre in 1990 and has primary responsibility for the teaching of the Master of Bioethics course. Justin's main research interests are in the areas of ethical theory and professional roles, ethical issues in patient care, ethics of clinical trials, surrogacy, virtue ethics and its applications, and the connection between moral psychology and ethical theory.
Phone: +61 3 990 54277 Room: 920
Email: Justin.Oakley@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Click here to visit Justin's website.
Dr Rob Sparrow
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rob Sparrow joined the Centre in July 2004, and teaches in the Master of Bioethics course and in the undergraduate Minor in Bioethics. Rob's main research interests are in the areas of bioethics, moral philosophy and social and political philosophy.
Phone: +61 3 990 53244 Room: 915
Email: robert.sparrow@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Click here to visit Rob's website.
Dr Linda Barclay
Lecturer
Co-editor, Monash Bioethics ReviewDr Linda Barclay joined the Centre in January 2007. She teaches in the minor in Bioethics. Her main research areas are in contemporary political philosophy and bioethics, particularly focused on distributive justice, the ethics of markets, and equality. She is therefore interested in the vast range of issues connected to the increasing commercialisation of the body and its parts.
Dr Barclay was previously lecturer in moral and political philosophy at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Phone: +61 3 990 54278 Room: 913
Email: linda.barclay@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Click here to visit Linda's webpage.
Honorary Research Associate
Associate Professor Helga Kuhse
Associate Professor Helga Kuhse was appointed in 1981 as the University's (and Australia's) first research fellow in bioethics. She was Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics until June 1999. She is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 15 books, including Caring: Nurses, Women and Ethics, The Sanctity of Life Doctrine in Medicine: A Critique, Willing to Listen - Wanting to Die, A Companion to Bioethics, Bioethics: An Anthology (1st and 2nd edititions) and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals.
Email: helga.kuhse@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Click here to visit Helga's webpage.
Editorial Adviser, Monash Bioethics Review
Dr Deborah Zion
Deborah completed her Ph.D. (Bioethics) at Monash in 2001. She is also employed as Ethics Coordinator through the Faculty of Medicine at Monash. From 2000, Deborah co-edited Monash Bioethics Review.
With any queries regarding Monash Bioethics Review, please email the editors via MBR.editors@arts.monash.edu.au