Diego Silva

Dr. Diego Silva is a Senior Lecturer in Bioethics at Sydney Health Ethics and the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney. His work bridges public health ethics, political theory, and infectious disease management, with a focus on tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, and pandemic preparedness. He combines qualitative methods with conceptual analysis to address ethical challenges in health security.

• Education: BA & MA in Philosophy (University of Toronto), PhD in Public Health (University of Toronto)
• Research Interests
  • Public Health Ethics
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Health Security
  • Complexity and Systems Thinking
  • Microbiome Research
• Recent Article Trends
  • 2024 SSH Consortium grant on immuno-engineering infrastructure
  • 2024-2026 CIHR-funded TB genomics project
  • 2024 ZiF grant on territoriality ethics
  • Peer-reviewed publications in journals like BMJ Global Health, Monash Bioethics Review, and PloS One
• Scientific Awards
  • Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize (2016)
• Supervision
  • Accepts higher-degree research students in Public Health Ethics, Global Health Ethics, and Health Policy
• Associations
  • International Association of Bioethics
  • International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Dr. Silva teaches BETH5101 - Moral Theory and BETH5104 - Bioethics, Law, and Policy, while maintaining active collaborations with the World Health Organization and Public Health Agency of Canada.