We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley as the next Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB).
Sarah will take up the post formally in January 2024 when the current Chair of the Nuffield Council, Professor Dave Archard, steps down from the role. In the meantime, Sarah will join the NCOB as a Member of the Council until she takes up the role of Chair.
Sarah is Professor of Medical and Family Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. She is Dean of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, and the University lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Sarah’s research focusses on the social and ethical contexts of medical technologies, data science, engagement, health and disease. She is co-director of the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, supported by Wellcome, which conducts interdisciplinary research across the humanities and social sciences relevant to biomedicine, public health and health care.
