Health Ethics & Policy Lab @ETH Zurich | Our group focuses on ethical and policy challenges in personalized medicine and digital health.

Zurich, Switzerland
Joined August 2016
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Excellent presentation by @melassady from @ETH_AI_Center on biased datasets and AI visualization. And an important call towards us humans for teaming up in this complex field 🙂 @EffyVayena @ETH @EthicsPolicyLab
📣 Now accepting applications! The @EthicsPolicyLab and @ETH_AI_Center are very pleased to offer the second HealthDARES continuing education course, on ethical and regulatory challenges of big data and AI in the health sector. @ETH_en @ETHContinuingEd bioethics.ethz.ch/education/…
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Thank you ⁦@AmyDMarcus⁩ for discussing your book “We the scientists” with us ⁦@ETH_en⁩ and thanks to all who joined.
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🎯NEW PAPER OUT!🎯 #PLOSDigitalHealth: Unlock digital health promotion in LMICs to benefit the youth dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.… @FerrettiAgata @EffyVayena @FondationBotnar @nrp77_digital @EthicsPolicyLab
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Science often runs ahead of legislation – and this is now also true for research on embryo-​like cell aggregates from human stem cells. Bioethicist Alessandro Blasimme @a_blasimme of ETH Zurich explains why this controversial topic calls for legal clarity. fal.cn/3A88y
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Such a great honor to be invited to the @theNASEM to discuss #ethical #data uses for #publichealth and effective #healthcommunication. Thank you Holly Rhodes and @WilliamKHallman for coordinating this important activity!
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“We need to have those discussions before it gets to the point of being able to happen.” @KellyOrmondGC of @EthicsPolicyLab explores the ethics around the possibility of using genome editing for human enhancements, on “Babbage” econ.st/3Fchu6O
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Great exchanges @EthicsPolicyLab today on #ML for clinical use, with super biomedical informatics student Marine Hoche and our Mattia Andreoletti. Yes, academic work can still be exciting. Stay tuned… #AI #bias #medicine
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ETH Professor of #Bioethics @EffyVayena wrote about AI in medicine in @TheEconomist!
Society needs to “consider the best ways for doctors and AI to work together, and how medical roles will change as a consequence”, argue @EffyVayena and @ProfADMorris in a guest essay econ.st/3EKYI6l
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Very proud of our brilliant Joanna Sleigh @VisualizeEthics who successfully defended her doctoral thesis yesterday. Amazing work by a very talented graduate- privilege to supervise her. Grateful to @ETH_en for providing a terrific environment for interdisciplinary work.
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The amazing @EffyVayena exploring cutting edge issues in #AI ethics at the excellent @IsraelAcademy bioethics conference in Jerusalem. Brava! Great research and fascinating perspectives. – at Israel
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Great discussions on AI and global health research here at the @ForumBioethics meeting and excellent papers in this session by @Nez_C1 & Harriet Nankya.
Governance of Cross-border Transfer of #Data in Sub-Saharan #Africa @Nez_C1 (@SU_CMEL) with chair @EffyVayena at the @ForumBioethics meeting on The Ethics of #AI in Global Health Research #Bioethics #ResearchEthics #DataEthics #DataGovernance
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Striving to reach #HealthForAll is enhanced by tapping into #DigitalHealthPromotion #DHP.A multidisciplinary approach helps a buy in as we target adolescents & youth. A look ard the room shows the power in collaboratn #SDGs #UHC @FerrettiAgata @EffyVayena .@FondationBotnar .@WHO
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Italian (secular) bioethics reunited in Rome’s Campidoglio to celebrate 30 years of the journal Bioetica.
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Join us for Kelly Ormond's (@KellyOrmondGC) guest lecture: "Gene Editing: Ethical and Social Implications in Clinical Application" on Friday, November 11th, 10-11AM ET in the Irving Institute Conference Room (PH-10-204). Add this event to your calendar: ow.ly/Jj0150La1TL
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Replying to @EffyVayena
@EffyVayena @keymenthri @Nez_C1 discussing the challenges for #ResearchEthics Committees in #data driven #health research at the 10th #ARESA Seminar
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Thrilled to be participating in this #REASA bootcamp and meeting and learning from our amazing African colleagues.
Our #REASA Bootcamp has started ‼️ #ResearchEthics Seminar: Review of Data Intense Protocols reasa.africa/ with @EffyVayena, and many others
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Glad to be back at @SEC_ETH and connecting again with colleagues at @NUS_CBmE over the Future Health Technologies project!
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Spannende Tagung zum Thema KI im Gesundheitswesen zfg-hannover.de/Kurse--Tagun… Vielen Dank für die Einladung & inspirierenden Diskussionen #xAI #explainability @Precise4Q @EthicsPolicyLab @CareumCH full paper: link.springer.com/article/10… @VinceMadai @EffyVayena @a_blasimme & Dietmar Frey
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Thank you all who participated at #health_dares I learned so much & met a terrific group of people. Some of our amazing speakers @EPFL_en @WouterLueks @JPHubaux M.Jensen from D-seal & @nniniane @sdi_foundation @flowminder
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Privileged to have with us at #health_dares Dr.Reis from ⁦@WHO⁩ reporting on their several important activities on ethics and governance of Health AI and digital health.
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