Prof Bobbie Farsides
Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics
Area of Expertise:
Medical Ethics
Research Area(s):
+44 (0)1273 877630
b.farsides@bsms.ac.uk
Prof Farsides' PA:
Lisa Costick/Ellen Thomas
+44 (0)1273 877890
medicineAnatomyDA@
bsms.ac.uk
Brighton & Sussex Medical School, BN1 9PX
Biography
Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King’s College London, 1999-2006
Lecturer in Medical Ethics, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London, 1996-99
Director, Centre for Contemporary Ethical Studies, Keele University, 1992-96
Permanent Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Keele University, 1990-96
Temporary Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Keele University, 1986-90
Research Assistant, 1985-86
Lecturer (Temporary, part-time), Department of Government and Department of Social Science and Administration, London School of Economics, 1982-86
Education
PhD, London School of Economics, 1992
BSc (Economics), London School of Economics, University of London, 1978-1981
Current activities
Co-Editor of Clinical Ethics
Reader/Referee for Blackwells, Routledge, Oxford University Press and BMA Publishing
Referee for Medical Law Review, Palliative Medicine, International Journal of Palliative Nursing
Member of the National Council for Palliative Care Working Party on Ethics (1997-)
Referee for Nuffield Trust Bioethics Programme and Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Programme and Arts and Humanities Research Council
Member of Advisory Board of ESRC/MRC Innovative Technologies Programme Project One stop first trimester prenatal screening: social implications of an emerging technology (grant no: L21825042). Principal Investigator Professors Lewando-Hundt ( Warwick University)
Research focus
Ethical issues relating to healthcare, especially ante-natal screening and testing, reproductive technologies, palliative care and issues around death and dying. A current project is Mapping Stem Cell Innovation In Action.