Sarah Chan
Reader
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh
Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
Dr Chan is an Chancellor's Fellow interested in the field of ethics.
Research summary
Sarah has a wide interest in the ethics of medical research including stem cells, embryo research and reproductive medicine. Human enhancement, gene therapy and genetic modification, along with animal ethics and research ethics, are also areas of study.
Project activity
Sarah's projects include work on constructing the value of 'species' in conservation ecology.
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Mason Institute symposium on healthcare professionals’ duty of care : Should it extend from patients to genetic relatives?
(20 pages)
(Published) -
What's in a Name? The Politics of ‘Precision Medicine’
In:
American journal of bioethics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 50-52
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2018.1431324
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
The social sciences, humanities, and health
In:
The Lancet, vol. 391, no. 10129, pp. 1462-1463
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30669-X
Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Key challenges in bringing CRISPR-mediated somatic cell therapy into the clinic
In:
Genome Medicine, vol. 9, no. 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-017-0475-4
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Marketing of unproven stem cell-based interventions : A call to action
In:
Science translational medicine, vol. 9, no. 397
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aag0426
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
How to Rethink the Fourteen-Day Rule
In:
Hastings Center Report, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 5-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.2017.47.issue-3
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Montgomery and informed consent: where are we now?
In:
BMJ, pp. j2224
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2224
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques, Scientific Tourism, and the Global Politics of Science
(3 pages)
In:
Hastings Center Report, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 7-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.763
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Current and emerging global themes in the bioethics of regenerative medicine : the tangled web of stem cell translation
In:
Regenerative medicine, vol. 12, no. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/rme-2017-0065
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Genome editing and international regulatory challenges: Lessons from Mexico
In:
Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 426-434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2016.05.001
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)