Lea Nickel

Lea Nickel is a Research Fellow at the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen (University of Göttingen) since June 2025, and member of CAIMed's ethics research group.

Education:

• M.Sc. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Cognition, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (2021-2024)
• B.A. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Cognition, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (2018-2021)
• Semester abroad at EAFIT University, Medellín, Colombia (2022)

Research Focus: Her work critically examines AI ethics in healthcare through empirical methodologies, investigates systemic epistemic injustices in medical knowledge production, and develops frameworks for ethical AI implementation. Current projects address algorithmic bias in diagnostic systems and marginalized communities' epistemic exclusion.

Research Environment: Actively contributes to CAIMed's interdisciplinary ethics group, collaborating with clinicians, data scientists, and philosophers on medical AI governance initiatives.