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
Health professionals' and researchers' perspectives on prenatal whole genome and exome sequencing: 'We can't shut the door now, the genie's out, we need to refine it'
27 September 2018
Ruth Horn and Mike Parker's latest paper on the PAGE project has been published in Plos One.
REACH 2018: Designing research to include and empower the most vulnerable
15 June 2018
A summary of the discussions at the first meeting of the REACH study on the ethics of research with women and children
The ‘French exception’: The right to continuous deep sedation at the end of life
21 November 2017
We are pleased to announce that Ruth Horn, from the Ethox Centre, has had a short report published in the Journal of Medical Ethics this month. Read her summary and full report here
Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2016
4 July 2017
Professor Mike Parker, Director of the Ethox Centre, has co-authored chapters in the report 'Generation Genome' published today