Approaches to Ethical Deliberation in Precision Public Health

Prof Ainsley Newson is Professor of Bioethics at Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, the University of Sydney. Ainsley has worked in bioethics for nearly 25 years, holding positions in Australia and the United Kingdom. In her work, Ainsley draws on her background in bioethics, law and science to research the ethical and legal issues arising in genomics and health. She is an authority on critically considering how genomic and reproductive technologies should be used well, in research, clinical and population health settings. Ainsley leads the ethics programs of research within the Australian Reproductive Genetic Carrier Screening Project (Mackenzie’s Mission) and Australian Genomics. Her other ongoing projects examine ethical aspects of the use of genomic technologies in prenatal testing, commercial influences in assisted reproduction and mitochondrial donation. Ainsley sits on a range of committees that deliberate bioethics issues in a policy context, including the Australian Health Ethics Committee, and the Regulatory and Ethics Working Group within the Global Alliance on Genomics and Health.