Clinical Ethics
Exploring the ethical issues arising in day-to-day clinical practice and in the management of healthcare organisations
Global Health Ethics
Engaging with the ethical issues arising in healthcare and biomedical research within a global context
Population Health Ethics
Investigating the ethical aspects of research concerned with the health of populations rather than of individuals
Education
Providing ethics teaching and training for medical students, graduate students, biomedical researchers, health professionals and ethics committees
Global Health Bioethics Network
Building ethics capacity and conducting research on ethical issues in global health research with partners in Africa and South East Asia
Ethics Support
Offering advice and support to health professionals and medical researchers who face difficult ethical issues in their work
Research Ethics
Tackling the ethical issues arising in medical research
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 and medical researchers.
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.
Latest News
Action needed to ensure research is carried out ethically in global health emergencies
28 January 2020
Governments, funders, and research bodies must take action to ensure that research is undertaken ethically during global health emergencies, says a new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
New vacancy at the Ethox Centre
18 December 2019
The Ethox Centre is recruiting a Research Projects Co-ordinator to oversee externally funded research projects within the Ethox Centre and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities. This is a challenging but very interesting role to support the development and delivery of a growing portfolio of international research projects.
Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference 2019: Call for Papers
25 October 2018
The Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Ethox Centre are pleased to be hosting the 3rd biennial Oxford Global Health & Bioethics International Conference, which will take place on 1-2 July 2019 in Oxford.
EACME 2019 Call for abstracts - Rethinking Ethics in 21st Century Europe
25 October 2018
The Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities are excited to be hosting the 36th EACME conference in Oxford from 12th-14th September 2019