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BHH welcomes Dr. Emma Tumilty

Oct 3, 2022, 11:02 AM by User Not Found

Emma Tumilty is a feminist bioethicist and new Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities at UTMB. Prior to this appointment, she was the Ethics, Law and Professionalism Theme Leader & Lecturer at the School of Medicine, Deakin University in Australia, but was also previously a postdoctoral fellow and Assistant Professor at UTMB providing both a research ethics consultation in the Institute of Translational Sciences and clinical ethics consultation in the UTMB Health system. In her practice as consultant, educator, or researcher she centers issues of justice and access, using community-engaged and patient-centered approaches to address resource allocation, access, and disadvantage in research and clinical care. She has co-authored a book on research ethics practice for emerging researchers and co-edited a book on Transhumanism and Biohacking (forthcoming in October 2022). Her work is grounded in relationships and collaborations both locally, nationally, and internationally. She is currently the Book Review Editor for the International Journal of Feminist Bioethics, as well as an Associate Editor for both the Journal of Empirical Research in Human Research Ethics and Progress in Community Health Partnerships.