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Prof. Effy Vayena is a Professor of Bioethics at the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and Principal Investigator of the Health Ethics and Policy Lab. She serves as a Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Her work bridges medicine, data science, and ethics, focusing on societal challenges in digital health and genomic technologies.
Prof. Vayena earned a PhD in Medical History from the University of Minnesota, specializing in health policy. She previously coordinated the PhD program in Biomedical Ethics and Law at the University of Zurich and has held leadership roles in ethics education and research governance.
Her research spans AI ethics, health data governance, genomic technologies, and digital health policy. Recent work examines fairness in clinical machine learning, decentralized trials, and the ethical implications of large language models.
Key scientific achievements include a Swiss National Science Foundation professorship and a Berkman Klein Center Fellowship. She has contributed to WHO guidance on AI governance in healthcare and led studies on health data privacy, biobanking, and digital epidemiology.
- Labs/Teams: Founded the Health Ethics and Policy Lab at ETH Zurich.
