Ian Kerridge

Professor Ian Kerridge is a renowned academic at the University of Sydney, where he holds the Chair in Bioethics and Medicine at Sydney Health Ethics (SHE). He is also a Staff Haematologist/Bone Marrow Transplant physician at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. His career spans clinical practice, academic leadership, and interdisciplinary research, with a focus on bridging philosophical inquiry and empirical bioethics in healthcare.

• Education: Trained in medicine at the University of Newcastle, bone marrow transplantation (BMT) at the Royal Free Hospital in London, and philosophy at the Universities of Sydney, Newcastle, and Cambridge.

Research Interests include biomedical ethics, public health ethics, organ transplantation, stem cell research, end-of-life care, and the socio-cultural implications of medical innovation. He has extensively explored conflicts of interest, over-diagnosis, and the commercialization of healthcare, particularly in reproductive medicine and transplantation.

Teaching & Supervision: Coordinated the Masters in Bioethics program at the University of Sydney and supervises students across medicine, philosophy, nursing, and humanities in Honours, Masters, and Doctoral projects.

• Leadership Roles: Former Director of SHE (2003-2015) and the Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law at the University of Newcastle (1995-2001).
• Committee Memberships: Chair of the South East Sydney LHD Clinical Ethics Committee, member of the Australian Ethical Health Alliance (AEHA), NSW Health Ethics Advisory Panel, and Director of Praxis Australia.

Publications: Authored 6 textbooks and over 500 peer-reviewed papers, with recent work examining the ethical implications of health data use, pandemic research integrity, and the cultural dimensions of assisted dying.