Joseph Millum

Joseph Millum serves as Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, with additional roles as consultant to the World Health Organisation and Chairperson of the International Society for Priorities in Health. His 15-year tenure at the US National Institutes of Health informs his interdisciplinary approach to bioethics.

Millum's research spans:

• Health care and research priority-setting frameworks
• Ethical dimensions of informed consent
• Theoretical foundations of bioethics
• Moral dimensions of parenthood

His book publications include 'The Moral Foundations of Parenthood' and 'A Theory of Bioethics'.

Recent publications focus on decision-making capacity assessment, truthfulness in parenting, and ethical frameworks for health research prioritization, consistently addressing justice and equity concerns in healthcare systems.