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Lisa Cherkassky

Lisa Cherkassky is a senior lecturer and researcher in medical law (mostly) and criminal law. She is completing a PhD (through publication) on posthumous conception, looking particularly at the role…

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Dr Naomi Hawkins participates in OECD Workshop

23 Sep 20193 Dec 2020

On 17-18 September 2019, Dr Naomi Hawkins attended “Collaborative platforms for personalized health: realizing the potential of genomics and biobanks” in Stockholm, Sweden. This OECD Workshop, organised in collaboration with…

Culture and Society…

Putting it into Practice – Recontacting and Personal Information Management in Genomic Medicine in the NHS

22 Aug 20193 Dec 2020

The Centre for Science, Culture and the Law at Exeter publish their first policy brief on genomic medicine and personal information management based on research, SCuLE Policy Brief No 1.…

Adam McCann

Adam is a lecturer in law at the University of Exeter with research interests in the relation between law, governance, and human rights. He has a PhD in law from…

Timon Hughes-Davies

Timon Hughes-Davies studied chemistry as an undergraduate at Oxford University, and completed his D.Phil. on X-ray reflectometry of liquid surfaces at the same university. He then worked in industry and…

Zaina Mahmoud

Zaina completed her undergraduate at the University of Western Ontario, studying medical sciences and psychology. She relocated to the United Kingdom to undertake the Graduate LLB degree and completed a…

Rebecca Helm

Rebecca is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter and a Supervising Solicitor in the University of Exeter Immigration Law Clinic. She has a PhD in Psychology and…

IP and Innovation Law…

Recontacting in Mainstreaming Genetics

5 Jul 201825 Jun 2019

Is there a professional duty or responsibility to recontact patients for whom providers hold genetic or genomic information? Do patients and health care providers share responsibility for being aware of…

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The Impact of Patents on Translational Research: Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis in Europe and the US

1 May 201825 Jun 2019

The intersection of patent law with cutting edge biomedical science presents important challenges to the operation of the law, both in theory and in practice. This research explores the role…