Welcome
The Ethox Centre is a multidisciplinary bioethics research centre that aims to improve ethical standards in healthcare practice and in medical research through education, research, and the provision of ethics support to health professionals, medical researchers and policy makers.
Arts, Health and Ethics Collective
Ethox is part of the Arts, Health and Ethics Collective (AHEC) which creates opportunities for researchers to collaborate with artists, and engages with ongoing public health discussions about the role of art in advancing health and wellbeing.
Research Associates, Visitors & Scholars
Ethox research associates are former faculty and colleagues from other departments in Oxford or institutions elsewhere with whom we collaborate closely. We also host academic visitors and scholars. Find out more.
Ethics support
Ethox aims to improve ethical standards in healthcare practice. As a key part of this commitment, the Ethox Centre views the provision of ethics support and advice to health professionals, medical researchers, and policy makers as a priority. The Ethox team welcomes requests for ethics support, training and advice. Find out more here.
The Ethox Centre is a partner in MESH: the community engagement network.
Upcoming events
How long is too long?: Waiting, age, and temporal justice in organ allocation.
Wednesday, 03 June 2026 to Thursday, 04 June 2026
Workshop exploring the ethics of how waiting time and patient age should influence liver transplant allocation decisions in UK and US healthcare systems.
Ethox Seminar: To Tell or Not to Tell: How Different Perspectives Shape the Ethics of Honesty and Concealment
Tuesday, 16 June 2026, 3pm to 4.30pm
Latest News
New book tackles racism in medicine
8 April 2026
New Anti-Racist Medicine textbook explores racism’s impact on healthcare, research and education, and offers guidance for delivering more equitable care.
After the End Poetry Competition 2025 is open!
2 October 2025