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Dr. Maeghan Toews is a Lecturer at the University of Adelaide's Adelaide Law School, specializing in health and medical law. She teaches Tort Law and Medical Law and Ethics. Her research focuses on the legal and ethical regulation of human biomaterials, organ donation, and transplantation, with interdisciplinary collaborations involving clinicians, ethicists, and global patient partners. Dr. Toews holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto and an Advanced Master's in Public International Law from Leiden University, specializing in Peace, Justice, and Development. She completed a 2-year research fellowship on organ donation ethics and earned her Ph.D. (Dec 2023) examining regulatory frameworks for human biomaterials. Her work spans doctrinal legal analysis, media studies, and public surveys. She is eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students as a co-supervisor.
Her research explores precision medicine, rare diseases, biobanking, and regenerative medicine. Key themes in her publications include privacy law approaches to biomaterials regulation, cross-border transplantation ethics, and international policy recommendations for organ donation. She has contributed to global health law discourse through edited volumes and consensus forums.
- Education: Juris Doctor (University of Toronto), Advanced Master's in Public International Law (Leiden University)
- Key Projects: $150,000 research fellowship on organ donation ethics, doctoral work on biomaterials regulation
Dr. Toews collaborates with international teams to address challenges in health law, including ethical dilemmas in transplantation and balancing institutional vs. individual control over biomaterials.
