Michael Selgelid

Michael J. Selgelid is a bioethicist and moral philosopher who has written on ethics and public health, biotechnology, and infectious diseases. He is the current director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University and of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Bioethics therein.

Michael Selgelid
Michael Selgelid, 2008 Cain Conference
Born	United States
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Analytic
Main interests	Ethics Bioethics

External video
"Dual Use Bioethics", Michael Selgelid, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford

Education

Selgelid studied a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, and completed his PhD in Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego under the supervision of Philip Kitcher.[1]

Work and awards

While completing his PhD in San Diego, Selgelid became a research fellow at the European Academy (Europaische Akademie), Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.[2] In 2003 he worked at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa[3] and spent time at the University of Murcia in Spain. In 2005[4] he joined the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia, and in 2006 he became a senior research fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.[5] At ANU he also was the Deputy Director of the National Centre for Biosecurity.[6] Since 2006, Selgelid continued to be involved with the University of Sydney as an Honorary Lecturer.[7]

Selgelid joined the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University in 2011, becoming its director.[8]

His work in bioethics, specifically in biosecurity and global health, has been recognised by organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia.[7] During the 2014 Ebola Crisis, Selgelid advised the WHO.[9] The Monash University's Centre for Human Bioethics has been named a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics.[10]

In 2004, he was a finalist for the Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research,[11] and has been awarded multiple research fellowships to the Brocher Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland.[7]

Publications

Selected books authored or edited include:

• Ethical and Philosophical Consideration of the Dual-Use Dilemma in the Biological Sciences, Dordrecht, NE: Springer, 2008 (with Seumas Miller).
• Emergency Ethics Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2012 (co-edited with A. M. Viens).
• On the Dual Uses of Science and Ethics: Principles, Practices, and Prospects, Canberra: ANU E Press, 2013 (co-edited with Brian Rappert).

References

1. "Professor Michael J. Selgelid » Biography". Monash University, Arts. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
2. Selgelid, Michael J. (2001). "Eugenic abortion, moral uncertainty, and social consequences". Monash Bioethics Review. 20 (2): 26–42. doi:10.1007/BF03351255.
3. Selgelid, Michael J. (March 2003). "Smallpox Revisited?". The American Journal of Bioethics. 3 (1): 5–11. doi:10.1162/152651603322781620. hdl:1885/20973.
4. Selgelid, MJ (March 2005). "Module four: standards of care and clinical trials". Developing World Bioethics. 5 (1): 55–72. doi:10.1111/j.1471-8847.2005.00102.x. PMID 15748178.
5. Selgelid, Michael J. (9 August 2006). "Commentary: The Ethics of Dangerous Discovery". Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 15 (4). doi:10.1017/S0963180106240568. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
6. Rappert, Brian (2010). Education and ethics in the life sciences : strengthening the prohibition of biological weapons. Acton, A.C.T.: ANU E Press. pp. xii–xiii. ISBN 9781921666384. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
7. Selgelid, Michael J. (9 September 2014). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Monash Uni ve rsity. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
8. "New Centre Director". Monash University, Arts. 25 September 2012.
9. Selgelid, Michael J (1 September 2009). "Governance of dual-use research: an ethical dilemma". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 87 (9): 720–723. doi:10.2471/BLT.08.051383. PMC 2739909. PMID 19784453.
10. "ANU to work with WHO on bioethics". Australian Capital Territory News. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
11. "Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize Winners and Finalists". USC Gould School of Law. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

External links

• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Articles by Michael J. Selgelid