Sarah Chan

Researcher

Sarah Chan
Alma mater	University of Manchester University of Melbourne
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Edinburgh University of Manchester

Sarah Chan is Chancellor's Fellow in Ethics and Science Communicator in The Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland in 2018.

Early life and education

Chan completed her undergraduate degrees in law and biological sciences at the University of Melbourne. She earned a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science.^[1] She worked briefly as a laboratory scientist in molecular biology before focussing her efforts on policy and ethics. Chan moved to the United Kingdom, and earned a doctoral degree in healthcare ethics at the University of Manchester.

Research and career

In 2005 Chan was appointed a Research Fellow Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester.^[2] She was appointed Deputy Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation in 2009.^[3] Chan works on medical ethics, with a particular focus on stem cells, embryos and reproductive medicine.^[4] and has written about the ethical risks associated with genome editing.^[5] She moved to the University of Edinburgh In 2016 she was awarded a Wellcome Trust seed grant to investigate the relationships between social media and health, studying the nature of patient participation in the digital age.^[6] She has studied the ethical implications of animal enhancement.^[7]^[8]

Chan is a popular science communicator, and has delivered lectures at various venues including the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology,^[9] the Royal Society^[10] and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She provides comment to the national media, including the BBC.^[11]^[12] She is a member of the SynBioChem council, which looks to develop sustainable speciality chemicals.^[13]

Chan was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018.^[14] She serves on the Genomics England Ethics Advisory Committee and the Scottish Genomes Partnership.^[15]^[16]

Selected publications

Her publications include;

Coggon, John; Chan, Sarah (2015). From reason to practice in bioethics. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-9623-5.
Daniela, Cutas; Chan, Sarah (2012). Families – Beyond the Nuclear Ideal (Science Ethics and Society). Bloomsbury Academic.
Chan, SW (2017). "Montgomery and informed consent: where are we now?". BMJ. 35.
Chan, Sarah (2018). "In search of a post-genomic bioethics: Lessons from Political Biology". History of the Human Sciences. doi:10.1177/0952695117729119c.

References

^ "The Hinxton Group: Members". www.hinxtongroup.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "Interview: Dr Sarah Chan". nesta. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "Sarah Chan | Eurostemcell". www.eurostemcell.org. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ "Sarah Chan". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ Zohny, Hazem (2018-11-28). "Claims over human genome editing: scientific irresponsibility at its worst". Journal of Medical Ethics blog. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "Patienthood and participation in the digital era | Wellcome". wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "talks.cam : Improving on Nature: Biotechnology and the Ethics of Animal Enhancement". talks.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ Harris, John; Chan, Sarah (2011-10-26). "Human Animals and Nonhuman Persons". The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics: 304–331. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195371963.013.0012. ISBN 978-0195371963.
^ "Ethics in Science Lecture by Sarah Chan – University of Edinburgh, UK | Max Planck Neuroscience". Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "The future of your genetic health | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "Should we try to save species?". 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ Gallagher, James (2017-10-25). "'Incredible' editing of life's building blocks". Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "Cabinet :: SYNBIOCHEM". Retrieved 2019-09-13.
^ "Sarah Chan - member of Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ "Ethics Advisory Committee". Genomics England. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ "Scottish Genomes Partnership | Genetic and Genomic testing". scottish-genomes. Retrieved 2019-09-13.