Dr Mikey Dunn is an Associate Professor and the Director of Education at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore. Mikey’s core research interests focus on the ethical aspects of community-based, integrated, and long-term care practice, policy and law – in Singapore, the UK and internationally. In his research, he seeks to take an interdisciplinary approach, integrating philosophical, qualitative social scientific and legal methods of analysis. In adopting this approach, he has made wide-ranging contributions to developing the relatively new methodological sub-field of empirical bioethics. Mikey has written more than 80 peer-reviewed academic journal articles and book chapters, and authored/edited 6 books.

Dr. Supriya Subramani is a Lecturer at Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Her research interests lie at the intersection of emotions, healthcare ethics and behaviour. She employs qualitative methodology to explore the moral subjectivities of individuals. Her ongoing projects are concerned with how emotions, moral epistemology and everyday interactions influence one’s moral self; and how power is negotiated and challenged by individuals (patients; immigrants) in interpersonal interactions and institutions, particularly in healthcare and social research settings. You can find her publications here. 

Dr Yves Saint James Aquino (he/him) is a physician and philosopher with expertise in theoretical and applied ethics, empirical bioethics, and philosophy of medicine. His program of research currently focuses on the ethical, legal and social implications of artificial intelligence applications in healthcare. Other research interests include ethics of cosmetic surgery, social justice in health, and public health ethics. Yves is a research fellow at UOW’s Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values (ACHEEV), which specialises in empirical, deliberative and democratic research methodologies to examine issues about health. He is also a member of Wiser Healthcare, a multi-institutional collaboration conducting research that will reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment in Australia and around the world. He is one of the editors-in-chief of Research Ethics (SAGE), and co-leads the Empirical Bioethics Stream of the  Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law.

Dr. Hilary Bowman-Smart is an empirical bioethicist and applied ethicist based at the Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia. Her research focuses on reproductive ethics, pregnancy, genomics, and prenatal screening. Hilary engages in ethical analysis that is informed by empirical research (mixed methods) while being grounded in theoretical and philosophical rigour.

Nina Roxburgh is an early career researcher currently completing her PhD at Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University. Her research focuses on digital health and AI ethics and health policy. Nina uses empirical methods in her research to understand gaps between policy and practice on the ground. She is one of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre’s Emerging Leaders. Nina has previously worked in youth policy and advocacy, with a particular focus in research and community activation around social determinants of health. She holds a Master of Bioethics and a Bachelor of International Relations (with Honours). Her published work can be found here.