About
Kandy White serves as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Director of Research Ethics at Macquarie University, with a strong research focus spanning ethics, community engagement, and qualitative methodologies across health care, education, and social sciences.
Her research centers on practical ethics implementation, examining neonatal pain management, cross-cultural doctoral supervision, and research governance frameworks. She employs qualitative approaches to address real-world ethical dilemmas in clinical settings and academic practice, with significant contributions to responsible conduct in synthetic biology and community-based ethical learning.
Publications since 2014 reveal consistent thematic focus: neonatal ethics (2021), community-engaged ethical practice (2017), cross-border research supervision (2015), and ethics committee operations (2014). Her work demonstrates interdisciplinary reach while maintaining core emphasis on ethical accountability in research and clinical practice.
Recognition includes:
- Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (2014)
As Chief Investigator, she leads major projects including the Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE) and investigations into research ethics committee scope expansion. Her collaborative work involves national and international partners across health, education, and social science domains.
She actively contributes to CAVE, an interdisciplinary hub addressing contemporary ethical challenges through collaborative scholarly engagement.
