Emma
Tumilty is an Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in
the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities, and holds the Frances
C. and Courtney M. Townsend, Sr MD Professorship in Medical Ethics. She
is also a member of the Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities,
the Institute for Translational Science and the Centre for Addiction
Sciences and Therapeutics. She has experience working as a research
ethics consultant and clinical ethics consultant and is the current
Chair of the Research Education and Community Health Coalition (REACH)
in Galveston.
In her practice as consultant,
educator, or researcher she centers issues of justice and access using
feminist, community-engaged, and patient-centered approaches to address
resource allocation, access and disadvantage in research and clinical
care. Dr Tumilty has coauthored a book on research ethics practice for
emerging researchers and co-edited a book on the ethics of transhumanism
and biohacking. She has written five book chapters, 46 publications,
and has engaged in other forms of dissemination and public scholarship
including invited talks, podcasts, media and blogs. She is currently the
Book Review Editor for the 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.