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Staff of the Centre for Human Bioethics

Academic Staff

Dr Michael Selgelid

Director, Centre for Human Bioethics
Editor, Monash Bioethics Review

Dr Michael Selgelid is Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics. He joined the Centre as a staff member in 2011, and was a visiting PhD student in 2000. He is part of both the undergraduate and postgraduate bioethics teaching programs. Michael is also Director of a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics at The Australian National University, where he is a Part-Time Fellow in the School of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences. He serves on the Ethics Review Board of, and is involved in an Ethics Consultation Project with, Médecins Sans Frontières. His research focus is public health ethics—with emphasis on ethical issues associated with biotechnology and infectious disease. He has over 100 publications in bioethics. He co-authored Ethical and Philosophical Consideration of the Dual-Use Dilemma in the Biological Sciences (Springer 2008) and co-edited Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Ashgate 2012, in press); Emergency Ethics (Ashgate 2012, in press); Infectious Disease Ethics (Springer 2011); Health Rights (Ashgate 2010); and Ethics and Infectious Disease (Blackwell, 2006). He edits a book series in Public Health Ethics Analysis for Springer and a book series in Practical Ethics and Public Policy for ANU E Press. Michael earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego.

Phone: +61 3 990 24847 Room: W931
Email: Michael Selgelid@monash.edu
Download Michael's CV in pdf.

Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley

Deputy Director, Centre for Human Bioethics
Editor, Monash Bioethics Review

Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley 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: W920
Email: Justin.Oakley@monash.edu
Website for Justin.

Dr Catherine Mills

Senior Lecturer

Dr Catherine Mills is part of both the undergraduate and postgraduate programs of the Centre. Additional details will be here shortly ...

Phone: +61 3 990 53207 Room: W930
Email: Catherine.Mills@monash.edu.

Dr Peter Douglas

Sessional Lecturer

Dr Peter Douglas has lectured and tutored in both the Master of Bioethics program and the undergraduate minor in Bioethics since 2009. His research interests include bioethics, phenomenology and neuroscience, and philosophy of nature.

Phone: +61 3 990 54279
Email: peter.douglas@monash.edu
Website for Peter.

Dr Deborah Zion

Contract Lecturer

Dr Deborah Zion will be part of the postgraduate program - further details will be here shortly.

Phone: +61 3 990 54279
Email: deborah.zion@monash.edu

Dr Paul Biegler

ARC Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Paul Biegler is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lead Investigator on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project 'Implicit persuasion in pharmaceutical marketing: ethical implications for regulators and consumers'. Paul's earlier research focused on end-of-life decision-making in healthcare, in particular, the ethics of advance directives, competence assessment and Do-Not-Resuscitate orders. His doctorate examined the moral distinctions between pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in the treatment of depression. It forms the basis for a book, The ethical treatment of depression: autonomy through psychotherapy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (forthcoming, 2011)

His research interests include neuroethics, medical ethics, philosophical psychology, philosophy of emotion and the role of emotion in decision-making. Paul practised clinical medicine for 20 years, the last decade as a specialist in emergency medicine.
Phone: +61 3 99059132 Room: W910A
Email: paul.biegler@monash.edu
Website for Paul.

Distinguished Visiting Professor

Prof. Julian Savulescu

Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor
Centre for Human Bioethics, Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Phone: +61 3 990 54279
Email: julian.savulescu@monash.edu
Website for Julian.

Adjunct 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@monash.edu
Website for Helga.


Dr Michael Selgelid Director, Centre for Human Bioethics Editor, Monash Bioethics Review Dr Michael Selgelid is Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics. He joined the Centre as a staff member in 2011, and was a visiting PhD student in 2000. He is part of both the undergraduate and postgraduate bioethics teaching programs. Michael is also Director of a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics at The Australian National University, where he is a Part-Time Fellow in the School of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences. He serves on the Ethics Review Board of, and is involved in an Ethics Consultation Project with, Médecins Sans Frontières. His research focus is public health ethics—with emphasis on ethical issues associated with biotechnology and infectious disease. He has over 100 publications in bioethics. He co-authored Ethical and Philosophical Consideration of the Dual-Use Dilemma in the Biological Sciences (Springer 2008) and co-edited Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Ashgate 2012, in press); Emergency Ethics (Ashgate 2012, in press); Infectious Disease Ethics (Springer 2011); Health Rights (Ashgate 2010); and Ethics and Infectious Disease (Blackwell, 2006). He edits a book series in Public Health Ethics Analysis for Springer and a book series in Practical Ethics and Public Policy for ANU E Press. Michael earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego. Phone: +61 3 990 24847 Room: W931 Email: Michael Selgelid@monash.edu Download Michael's CV in pdf.

Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley Deputy Director, Centre for Human Bioethics Editor, Monash Bioethics Review Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley 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: W920 Email: Justin.Oakley@monash.edu Website for Justin.

Dr Catherine Mills Senior Lecturer Dr Catherine Mills is part of both the undergraduate and postgraduate programs of the Centre. Additional details will be here shortly ... Phone: +61 3 990 53207 Room: W930 Email: Catherine.Mills@monash.edu.

Dr Peter Douglas Sessional Lecturer Dr Peter Douglas has lectured and tutored in both the Master of Bioethics program and the undergraduate minor in Bioethics since 2009. His research interests include bioethics, phenomenology and neuroscience, and philosophy of nature. Phone: +61 3 990 54279 Email: peter.douglas@monash.edu Website for Peter.

Dr Deborah Zion Contract Lecturer Dr Deborah Zion will be part of the postgraduate program - further details will be here shortly. Phone: +61 3 990 54279 Email: deborah.zion@monash.edu

Dr Paul Biegler ARC Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Paul Biegler is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lead Investigator on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project 'Implicit persuasion in pharmaceutical marketing: ethical implications for regulators and consumers'. Paul's earlier research focused on end-of-life decision-making in healthcare, in particular, the ethics of advance directives, competence assessment and Do-Not-Resuscitate orders. His doctorate examined the moral distinctions between pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in the treatment of depression. It forms the basis for a book, The ethical treatment of depression: autonomy through psychotherapy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (forthcoming, 2011) His research interests include neuroethics, medical ethics, philosophical psychology, philosophy of emotion and the role of emotion in decision-making. Paul practised clinical medicine for 20 years, the last decade as a specialist in emergency medicine. Phone: +61 3 99059132 Room: W910A Email: paul.biegler@monash.edu Website for Paul.