Theme 3: Health Ethics
- CCRE personnel involved in bioethics-related projects
- Current grant applications related to bioethics theme
- Summary of research activity related to bioethics theme, 2005-2006
- Publications to date
CCRE personnel involved in bioethics-related projects
Chief Investigators
- CIC Ian Kerridge (Haematology, Ethics)
- CIH Dr Rachel Ankeny (Ethics)
- CID Lyn Gilbert (Infectious Diseases & Microbiology)
- CIE A/Prof David Gottlieb (Haematology)
Associate investigators & staff
- Associate Professor Peter Shaw, Head of BMT Services and Senior Staff Specialist at the Westmead Children’s Hospital
- Dr Nicole Gilroy, project manager for the CCRE; Infectious Diseases Physician to the BMT Network NSW
- Dr Adrienne Torda, Staff Specialist in Infectious Disease at Prince of Wales Hospital; Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics at UNSW
- Dr Christopher Jordens, Lecturer in Bioethics, Centre for Values, Ethics & the Law in Medicine; Clinical Research Fellow, CCRE IBHM (appointed 1 August, 2005)
- Dr Michael Selgelid, Sesqui Lecturer in Bioethics at the University of Sydney
- Professor Patricia Davidson, Co-Director of the University of Western Sydney / Western Sydney Area Health Service Nursing Research Unit
- Dr Tracy O’Brien, Paediatric Haematologist/Oncologist, Sydney Wales Children’s Hospital
Current grant applications related to bioethics theme
- Cord blood collection and banking: Ethical issues surrounding the process of informed consent by prospective parents. Kerridge I, O’Brien T, Ankeny R, Stewart C. NHMRC Project 457441
- A critical analysis of the current concept of consent to high-risk medical procedures: examination of legal and ethical limitations. Kerridge I, Stewart C, Jordens C, Carter S. NHMRC Project 457439
- Toward a Best Practice of Emerging Technologies: PGD and HLA Typing for Paediatric Transplantation. Ankeny R, Shaw P, Jordens C, O’Brien T. NHMRC Project 457367
- Risk perception and risk behaviours during the transition from adolescence to adulthood in transplant recipients. ARC Linkage. DiGiacomo M (APDI).
Summary of research activity related to bioethics theme, 2005-2006
| Researcher | Project title | Supervisor(s) | Associate supervisor(s) |
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| Secondments | Angela Booth, Coordinator, BMT Network NSW | A study of practice variation in the management of related bone marrow donors | Christopher Jordens | |
| Peter Lewis, Nurse, Westmead Children’s Hospital | Exploring the meanings of photographs displayed by and for children in hospital wards | Ian Kerridge and Christopher Jordens | ||
| PhD scholars | Kimberley Strong | Creating saviour siblings: Decision-making in the context of ethical and clinical uncertainty | Rachel Ankeny | Ian Kerridge and Christopher Jordens |
| Camilla Scanlan | A critical analysis of the current concept of consent to medical procedures: examination of legal and ethical limitations | Ian Kerridge | Christopher Jordens and Cameron Stewart (Law, Macquarie University) | |
| Masters by research | Catherine McGrath (CCRE scholar) | Social, legal and ethical issues associated with returning to work after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation | Dr Rachel Ankeny | |
| Kate Wallbank | Evaluation of a patient education program for people undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplants and their carers | Dr Louise Sharpe (Clinical Psychology, University of Sydney) | Christopher Jordens | |
| University of
Sydney Faculty of Medicine Summer Scholarships |
Paul Bedwell | Quality of life after bone marrow transplant in adult patients with acute myeloid leukaemia: a systematic review | Ian Kerridge, Rachel Ankeny | |
| Jeff Kim | A systematic review of social isolation measures in pandemic | Ian Kerridge, Rachel Ankeny | ||
| Other student projects | Theresa Ly | Analysis of Australian Commonwealth & State pandemic preparedness policies | Ian Kerridge, Michael Selgelid | |
| Kirstie Archer | Should influenza vaccination be mandatory for healthcare workers in bone marrow transplant (BMT) and haematology wards in Australia? (Medicine Honours Project) | Nicole Gilroy | Christopher Jordens |
Publications to date
- Gottlieb D, McGurgan M, Kenny H, Polizois A, Collins D, Schifter M, Basten C, Mitchell V, Jordens C. Establishment of a hospital based information session for patients, families and friends prior to stem cell transplantation. Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting, Sydney 2005.
