Tess Johnson

Dr Tess Johnson is a senior researcher in the ethics of infectious disease. As a member of the Global Infectious Disease Ethics collaborative, she has worked at both Oxford, and through a visit to Johns Hopkins University, on questions relating to pandemic response, disease surveillance, and coercive public health measures. 

Her ongoing work as a member of the Pandemic Sciences Institute focuses on emerging infectious diseases and new methods pathogen genomics. Her ethics work aims to inform policy at national and international levels.

Alongside her primary role, Tess performs multiple roles in the academic community. She is a research fellow at Reuben College, Oxford, where she advises students, and is coordinator of the Oxford Ethics and Humanities Training Programme, offering training to researchers working across the medical humanities at the university. She is Associate Editor at the journal Monash Bioethics Review, and a committee member for the Institute of Medical Ethics' small grants funding.

Tess teaches on various courses including the Uehiro Oxford Institute's Master of Studies in Practical Ethics, NDM's MSt in Clinical Genomics and MSt in Clinical Trials, and undergraduate tutorials in practical ethics and ethics at various colleges.