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Professor Michael Parker is Director of the Ethox Centre and Professor of Bioethics at the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Population Health. He leads the Wellcome Discovery Research Platform for Transformative Inclusivity in Ethics and Humanities (ANTITHESES) and serves as Chair of the Ethics Advisory Board for "Our Future Health" and Cancer Research UK's Research Data Advisory Board.
- Established the Global Health Bioethics Network (2012) across Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Co-founder of the Oxford-Johns Hopkins Global Infectious Disease Ethics Collaboratory (GLIDE) (2020)
- Member of WHO's Expert Group on ethics and governance of infectious disease outbreaks
His research focuses on ethical dimensions of genomics, pandemic response, and data science, with particular emphasis on moral disagreement and value pluralism. Current projects involve collaborations with the Pandemic Sciences Institute, MalariaGEN, Big Data Institute, UK Biobank, and 100,000 Genomes Project.
Recent publications highlight his work in:
- Ethical challenges of AI in pandemic modeling
- Authorship equity in biomedical research
- Equitable access to genomic medicine
- Ethics of uterus transplantation in global contexts
- Data governance frameworks for cancer care
He has held significant advisory roles including:
- Non-Executive Director at Genomics England (2013-2022)
- Member of UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) during the pandemic
- Chair of Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Group on global health emergencies (2018-2020)
