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Sarah J Elliston is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, University of Glasgow. Her career spans academic teaching and legal practice, including prior work as a barrister in London. She specializes in medical law, with a focus on child medical treatment, human reproduction, and ethical legal frameworks in biomedical advancements.
Professional Contributions:
- Member of Local Research Ethics Committees
- Contributor to Department of Health Steering Committee on Xenotransplantation
- Worked on guidelines for fertility preservation for cancer patients
- Member of Scottish Review Group on Retention of Organs at Postmortem
- Convened the Information Leaflets and Authorisation Forms Subcommittee
- Scottish Case Editor for Butterworths Medico Legal Reports
Research Interests: Her work centers on legal aspects of medical treatment for children, reproductive law, and bioethical challenges in emerging technologies like PGD and embryonic research. She frequently addresses intersections between law, medicine, and ethics in high-stakes scenarios such as fertility preservation, postmortem pregnancies, and organ transplantation.
Advisory & Grants:
- Supervises doctoral student Henrietta Consolo on organ transplantation ethics
- Authored guidelines for the British Medical Association on child treatment in Scotland
- Contributed to legal analysis of the HFEA Act reforms (2008)
Labs/Teams: Engaged with interdisciplinary groups addressing bioethics and medical law at the University of Glasgow, collaborating with healthcare professionals and policymakers.
