Samuel Roach

Dr Samuel Roach serves as a Lecturer in the School of Law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), within the Faculty of Business and Law. He holds dual affiliations as a committee member of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law and as a Chief Investigator at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research.

His research centers on the intersection of legal frameworks, public health ethics, and behavioral psychology. Roach employs a social ecological approach to examine how law can prevent vaccine hesitancy through empowerment-based interventions rather than coercion, integrating principles from public health, philosophy, and psychology. Current work analyzes how disinformation and misinformation reduce individual capabilities and create systemic disadvantage, with strong connections to social justice in health planning.

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Regarding academic advising and research funding, the provided text does not detail any supervisees, grant awards, or sponsored projects. His professional background includes prior legal practice at MinterEllison and LawRight before transitioning to academia.

Roach actively contributes to the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, participating in interdisciplinary initiatives focused on End of Life Rights, Social Justice and Health Planning for Healthy Ageing, and Public Health and Technology Law. His committee role in the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law further demonstrates engagement with cross-institutional bioethics scholarship and policy development.