Pete Young

Pete is a DPhil student interested in the ethics of prenatal testing. His work focuses on the rollout of a new antenatal screening test, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), in the UK healthcare system. 

Pete graduated with a barchelor's in Pharmacology and Toxicology and a minor in the Humanities. Afterwards, he worked as a research technician at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine. While at Penn, he also enrolled in the Master of Bioethics program, graduating in 2015 and completing his capstone thesis on the financial conflicts of interest that exist between pharmaceutical companies and physicians. 

In the summer of 2014, Pete won a competitive scholarship to intern at the World Medical Association’s secretariat office in Ferney-Voltaire. This experience allowed him to continue exploring his interest in providing equitable healthcare access to marginalised groups and individuals at multiple intersections of social inequality. While there, Pete helped draft the WMA’s Statement on Transgender People later adopted by the 66th General Assembly. 

Pete provided research support, administration, and public outreach at Johns Hopkins University. While there, he gave assistance to the Ethics in Clinical Practice Program, the Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy (MEPRA), Johns Hopkins Hospital Ethics Committee, and the Berman Institute Master of Bioethics program.