Sarah Chan | |
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Alma mater |
University of Manchester University of Melbourne |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Edinburgh University of Manchester |
Sarah Chan is Chancellor's Fellow in Ethics and Science Communicator in The Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland in 2018.
Chan completed her undergraduate degrees in law and biological sciences at the University of Melbourne. She earned a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science. [1] She worked briefly as a laboratory scientist in molecular biology before focussing her efforts on policy and ethics. Chan moved to the United Kingdom, and earned a doctoral degree in healthcare ethics at the University of Manchester.
In 2005 Chan was appointed a Research Fellow Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester. [2] She was appointed Deputy Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation in 2009. [3] Chan works on medical ethics, with a particular focus on stem cells, embryos and reproductive medicine. [4] and has written about the ethical risks associated with genome editing. [5] She moved to the University of Edinburgh In 2016 she was awarded a Wellcome Trust seed grant to investigate the relationships between social media and health, studying the nature of patient participation in the digital age. [6] She has studied the ethical implications of animal enhancement. [7] [8]
Chan is a popular science communicator, and has delivered lectures at various venues including the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, [9] the Royal Society [10] and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She provides comment to the national media, including the BBC. [11] [12] She is a member of the SynBioChem council, which looks to develop sustainable speciality chemicals. [13]
Chan was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018. [14] She serves on the Genomics England Ethics Advisory Committee and the Scottish Genomes Partnership. [15] [16]
Her publications include;
Sarah Chan | |
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Alma mater |
University of Manchester University of Melbourne |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Edinburgh University of Manchester |
Sarah Chan is Chancellor's Fellow in Ethics and Science Communicator in The Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland in 2018.
Chan completed her undergraduate degrees in law and biological sciences at the University of Melbourne. She earned a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science. [1] She worked briefly as a laboratory scientist in molecular biology before focussing her efforts on policy and ethics. Chan moved to the United Kingdom, and earned a doctoral degree in healthcare ethics at the University of Manchester.
In 2005 Chan was appointed a Research Fellow Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester. [2] She was appointed Deputy Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation in 2009. [3] Chan works on medical ethics, with a particular focus on stem cells, embryos and reproductive medicine. [4] and has written about the ethical risks associated with genome editing. [5] She moved to the University of Edinburgh In 2016 she was awarded a Wellcome Trust seed grant to investigate the relationships between social media and health, studying the nature of patient participation in the digital age. [6] She has studied the ethical implications of animal enhancement. [7] [8]
Chan is a popular science communicator, and has delivered lectures at various venues including the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, [9] the Royal Society [10] and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She provides comment to the national media, including the BBC. [11] [12] She is a member of the SynBioChem council, which looks to develop sustainable speciality chemicals. [13]
Chan was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018. [14] She serves on the Genomics England Ethics Advisory Committee and the Scottish Genomes Partnership. [15] [16]
Her publications include;