Our People

Prof. David Albert Jones

MA (Cantab) MA MSt DPhil (Oxon) FHEA

Director

Dr David Albert Jones is the Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford (courtesy of whom, profile picture left), Professor of Bioethics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and Vice-Chair of the Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee.

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Dr Mehmet Çiftçi

PGDip, MPhil, DPhil (Oxon)

Public Bioethics Fellow

Dr Mehmet Çiftçi is the Centre’s Public Bioethics Fellow. He read moral theology at the University of Oxford, completing first the MPhil at Blackfriars Hall, followed by the DPhil at Trinity College. He later undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at St Michael’s College in the University of Toronto.

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Gwen McCourt

MSc (Lond) Dip German (Open)

Administrator

Gwen McCourt is Administrator at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre.

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Peter D. Williams

BA(Hons) GradDip (Lond) AKC

Media and Communications Advisor

Peter D. Williams is Media and Communications Advisor at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. He serves as Director of the Family Education Trust having previously worked as Executive Officer of Right To Life, and has over a decade of experience in human rights advocacy and Catholic apologetics.

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Dr Michael Wee

BA PhD (Dunelm) MSt (Oxon)

Associate Research Fellow

Dr Michael Wee is an Associate Research Fellow at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, and is leading the Centre’s project on ‘Advance Decisions and Ethical Choices’.

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Dr Christopher M. Wojtulewicz

BA (Birm) PhD (Lond)

Associate Research Fellow

Dr Christopher M. Wojtulewicz is an Associate Research Fellow at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, and is assisting the Centre with a number of collaborative projects in the area of bioethics education.

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Phoebe Rutaquio

BSc (SUNY) MPH (Oxford Brookes)

Junior Associate Fellow

Phoebe Rutaquio is Junior Associate Scholar at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. She will be assisting the Centre in collating and analysing data relevant to bioethical issues, for example data on assisted suicide, on unassisted suicide, on abortion and on maternal health.

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Dr Xavier Symons

BA MA PhD

Visiting Research Fellow 2020

Dr Xavier Symons is Director of the Plunkett Centre for Ethics of the Australian Catholic University, where he was previously a post-doctoral research fellow, and is also an outgoing post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.

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Prof. Jorge Martínez Barrera

PhD

Visiting Research Fellow 2019

Jorge Martínez Barrera is Professor at the Department of Humanities, San Pablo Catholic University, Arequipa, Peru. He is also Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he is a Member of both the Centre for Bioethics, and the Committee of the Master’s Program in Bioethics.

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Prof. Ryan Meade

BA JD

Visiting Research Fellow 2019

Prof. Ryan Meade is the Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

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Dr Toni Saad

MA MBBCh

Visiting Research Fellow 2018

Dr Toni Saad is a junior doctor currently based in Cardiff. He is editor for book reviews at The New Bioethics.

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Prof. Stephan Kampowski

BA MA STL STD

Visiting Research Fellow 2017

Stephan Kampowski is Professor of Philosophical Anthropology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Rome.

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Dr Thomas Finegan

BTh MA PhD

Visiting Research Fellow 2016

Dr Thomas Finegan is Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.

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Prof. Nicanor Austriaco O.P.

PhD STD

Visiting Research Fellow 2014

Fr. Nicanor Austriaco is Professor of Biology and Professor of Theology at Providence College in Providence, RI, USA, and a Research Fellow at the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.

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Prof. Anselm Müller

PhD Habil

Visiting Research Fellow 2013

Anselm Müller, a former student of Elizabeth Anscombe, is a Chicago Moral Philosophy Seminar Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago.

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Prof. Daniel P. Sulmasy

MD PhD

Visiting Research Fellow 2012

Daniel Sulmasy is Acting Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University and a Senior Research Scholar. He holds a joint appointment at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, and is the inaugural Andre Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics.

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Prof. Joseph Boyle

PhD

Visiting Research Fellow 2015 / 2010

The late Joseph Boyle was Professor of Philosophy, Fellow and Former Principal (1991-2002) at St. Michael’s College, Toronto and a Member of the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto.

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Rev. Dr John Berry

BA (Dunelm) PhD

Fr Berry has lectured for over fifteen years on bioethics for the BA in Divinity and for the last nine years for the BA in Applied Theology at Maryvale Institute for Theology, Philosophy, Catechesis and Religious Education in Birmingham.

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Prof. John Keown

DPhil PhD DCL

John Keown is Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University.

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Rev. Dr Andrew Pinsent

BA PhB STB PhL MA PhD DPhil

The Rev. Dr Andrew Pinsent is Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at Oxford University, and a Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in England.

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Prof. O. Carter Snead

BA JD

O. Carter Snead is Professor of Law, Director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and Concurrent Professor of Political Science, at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States.

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Dr Thomas Finegan

BTh MA PhD

Chair of Board of Governors

Dr Thomas Finegan is Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College in Ireland, and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre in 2016.

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Prof. John Haldane

KHS PhD FRSE FRSA HonDLitt

Vice-Chair

John Haldane is the J. Newton Rayzor Sr Distinguished Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Baylor University, and Professor of Philosophy, Senior Fellow, and Co-Director at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.

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Dr Gavin Jarvis

MA MA PhD VetMB MRCVS

Hon. Treasurer

Dr Gavin Jarvis is Associate Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at the University of Sunderland, and a qualified veterinary surgeon (non-practising).

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The Rt Rev. Kevin Doran

BA STB MA

Episcopal Governor (Ireland)

Bishop Kevin Doran is Bishop of Elphin in Ireland, Chairs of the Committee for Bioethics of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ireland, and is a Member of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

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The Rt Rev. John Keenan

LLB, BTh, STL

Episcopal Governor (Scotland)

Bishop John Keenan is the Bishop of the Diocese of Paisley, and presently serves as Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and the Episcopal President of the Conference’s Marriage, Family and Life Commission.

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The Rt Rev. John Sherrington

MA(Cantab) STL

Episcopal Governor (England and Wales)

Bishop John Sherrington is an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster, Titular Bishop of Hilta, and a former lecturer in moral theology.

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Dr Stephen Barrie

MA PhD

Governor

Dr Stephen Barrie is Deputy Director of Ethics and Engagement at the Church of England Pensions Board, where he works across the Board’s investment stewardship activities. He is a Director of the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative, and a Trustee Director of the Church Investors Group.

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Justin Bozzino

MA(Oxon) GradDip

Governor

Justin Bozzino is Growth Director at Telecom Plus, and is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Regina Caeli UK, a centre for home educators operating in the Catholic tradition.

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Prof. Patricia Casey

MD FRCPI FRCPsych

Governor

Patricia Casey is Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin, and consultant psychiatrist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.

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Dr Berry Kiely

MD MRCPI

Governor

Dr Berry Kiely is a retired paediatrician and Senior Medical Officer with the Health Service Executive, Ireland. She is medical advisor to the Pro-Life Campaign and a member of the Council for Life of the Irish Bishops’ Conference.

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Dr Pia Matthews

BTh MA MA PhD FHEA

Governor

Dr Pia Matthews is a senior lecturer at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and a lecturer at Allen Hall Seminary in Chelsea.

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Chris Whitehouse

MA KCSG

Governor

Chris Whitehouse KSCG has worked in politics, public affairs and communications for over 40 years. He is Chairman and Managing Director of Whitehouse Communications and a Trustee of the Right to Life Charitable Trust.

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Prof. Jonathan Herring

BA BCL

Academic Panellist

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford.

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Prof. Alasdair M. J. MacLullich

BSc(Hons) MB ChB MRCP(UK) PhD

Academic Panellist

Alasdair M. J. MacLullich is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

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Prof. Margaret Somerville

LLB DCL AM FRSC

Academic Panellist

Margaret Somerville AM FRSC is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia.

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Prof. Nigel Biggar

BA MCS MA PhD

Nigel Biggar is Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church.

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Rev. Kevin Flannery S.J.

STL DPhil

The Rev. Kevin Flannery S.J. is Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in  Rome, a Catholic moral philosopher, and author. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1977, and has served as a Consultor of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2002.

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Prof. John Haldane

KHS PhD FRSE FRSA HonDLitt

John Haldane is the J. Newton Rayzor Sr Distinguished Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Baylor University, and Professor of Philosophy, Senior Fellow, and Co-Director at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.

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Prof. John Keown

DPhil PhD DCL

John Keown is Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University.

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Prof. Christopher McCrudden

FBA

Christopher McCrudden is Professor of Human Rights and Equality Law, Queen’s University, Belfast.

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Prof. Neil Scolding

PhD FRCP

Neil Scolding is the Burden Professor and Director of the Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, University of Bristol.

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Prof. Ilina Singh

PhD

Ilina Singh is Professor of Neuroscience and Society at the University of Oxford.

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Prof. John Wyatt

MD, FRSPCH

John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics & Perinatology, and a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge.

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