I work in the field of practical bioethics. My program of research is characterised by identifying practical problems, undertaking conceptual analysis of the underlying philosophical and ethical issues, and developing responses that advance knowledge and contribute to practice. This approach draws upon both my medical and philosophical training. My conceptual analysis and selection of issues is informed by my longstanding commitment to feminist bioethics. 

In 2019 I received the NHMRC Ethics Award, was identified as the national research leader in the field of Bioethics by the Australian, and my research calling for retraction of unethical Chinese transplant research led to my inclusion in Nature's 10 list of people who mattered in science in 2019, and Medscape's 2019 Physicians of the year.

My current research projects include:

AI and healthcare: I am co-chair of the Safety, Quality and Ethics work program of the Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (https://aihealthalliance.org/) and am a CI on the NHMRC-funded project "The Algorithm Will See You Now" (Ideas grant APP1181960).

Ethics and synthetic biology: I am a CI on the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology investigating ethical issues raised by the creation of novel micro-organisms to produce valuable bio-commodities (http://www.coesb.com.au/)

Ethics in surgery, including CI on an ARC Discovery Project (DP200100883) investigating the role of medical device representatives, working with the IDEAL Collaboration (http://www.ideal-collaboration.net/), and on gender in surgery, with Dr Katrina Hutchison

Bioethics and activism, with a focus on transplant abuse in China and its sequelae (https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/2/e024473)

Defining disease and overdiagnosis (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10728-019-00369-7)