Hillary CHUA

Hillary CHUA is a Sheridan Fellow at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, teaching Law of Torts and currently on study leave from 2023 to 2027. Her academic work bridges medical law practice with scholarly research in clinical ethics and disability rights, informed by her prior experience as a Singapore-qualified medical law practitioner.

Her educational background includes:

• Master of Bioethics from Harvard Medical School (awarded Beecher Prize in Medical Ethics, 2019)
• LLB from King's College London
• Advocate & Solicitor qualification in Singapore

Her research critically examines legal frameworks governing healthcare decision-making for vulnerable populations, with particular focus on disability rights perspectives in Singaporean and comparative contexts. She challenges East-West binaries in medical ethics discourse and analyzes intersections between law, clinical practice, and human rights, especially regarding children, individuals with disabilities, and end-of-life care.

Publication trends reveal consistent engagement with evolving healthcare challenges, including pandemic-era telemedicine ethics, mental capacity legislation, and sterilization rights. Her work demonstrates methodological rigor in combining doctrinal legal analysis with ethical reasoning, consistently advocating for disability-inclusive approaches across diverse medical-legal domains.

Her scholarly recognition includes:

• Beecher Prize in Medical Ethics (Harvard Medical School, 2019)

Professional service highlights her policy impact through membership on the National University Hospital’s Clinical Ethics Committee and Singapore Ministry of Health’s Advisory Committee on Restricted Human Biomedical Research, reflecting her standing as a key contributor to Singapore’s medical-legal landscape.