Research Interests
Fertility and Conception Indigenous and Disadvantaged Health Innovative Therapeutics Surgical and Health Systems Innovation Translational Health Outcomes Applied Ethics Bioethics Ethical Theory Ethical Use of New Technology Health Economics Health Policy Health Policy & Services History and Philosophy of Medicine Medical and Health Sciences Medical Ethics Medical Genetics Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy Philosophy Population Health Public Health Public Health and Health ServicesDr Drew Carter
Grant-Funded Research Fellow
School of Public Health
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I am a moral philosopher and health policy researcher who works mostly at the interface of ethics and health economics. I am interested in discussions about the nature of goodness, in how those discussions are best pursued, and in letting those discussions improve the thinking that informs decisions made by health care practitioners and policy makers, especially on questions of resource allocation.My research mainly focusses on how health-related resources ought to be allocated. I am particularly interested in identifying what is important besides gaining the maximum possible health for a population. I have examined this in relation to assisted reproductive technologies (like in vitro fertilisation), intensive care triage and national funding decision making for pharmaceuticals and medical services. I am also interested in how qualitative research and deliberative methods can best serve inquiry into health-related ethical matters. Philosophically, I work to extend and apply insights made by the philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein, Iris Murdoch, Raimond Gaita, and Christopher Cordner. This includes avoiding over-simplification, teasing out how our words, responses and practices can depend on one another for their meaning, and foregrounding love and people's inextricable importance.Since 2009, I have been a Research Fellow in Ethics. I collaborate on research with health services researchers, health economists and social scientists, especially to inform decisions about how governments ought to allocate health care resources.I lead an Ethics Consulting service provided by Adelaide Health Technology Assessment. I conduct paid consulting providing advice on applications to Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) and assist in the design and conduct of research studies, especially those that have pronounced ethical dimensions or use qualitative research methods.
My current research focusses on ethical resource allocation.
I am analysing the ethical principles that ought to inform intensive care unit (ICU) admission and discharge, especially when the ICU is full and additional patients require admission.
I am researching how evaluators in health technology assessment (HTA) ought to conduct assessments of ethical issues raised by health technologies submitted for funding (especially genetic tests), how HTA bodies ought to engage stakeholders and apprise value for money beyond conventional cost-effectiveness, and how artificial intelligence (AI) might aid or hinder consideration of ethical issues within HTA.
I am available to supervise student research projects (especially PhD and MPhil) on topics in health ethics and HTA.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 - ongoing | Affiliate | Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA), The University of Adelaide |
| 2010 - 2013 | Adjunct Lecturer | St Barnabas' Theological College, Charles Sturt University |
| 2009 - ongoing | Research Fellow (Ethics) | The University of Adelaide |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Award | Quiet Achiever Award for the hOurHTA Working Party | Adelaide Health Technology Assessment | Australia | - |
| 2023 | Award | 2023 School of Public Health Award for Excellence in HDR Supervision | The University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2022 | Award | Quiet Achiever Award | Adelaide Health Technology Assessment | Australia | $100 |
| 2021 | Award | Quiet Achiever Award | Adelaide Health Technology Assessment | Australia | $100 |
| 2016 | Award | Ray James Award | Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) | Australia | $1000 |
| 2010 | Research Award | 2010 Finalist for the Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research | International Association of Bioethics (IAB) | - | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 - 2009 | Australian Catholic University | Australia | PhD in Philosophy |
| 1998 - 2001 | University of Melbourne | Australia | BA(Hons) in Philosophy and History |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2023). Intervention design: intergenerational trauma transmission in service families. In Frontline Mental Health Conference 2023. Gold Coast. |
| 2023 | Carter, D., Kessels, S., & Merlin, T. (2023). Toward a framework for assessing ethical considerations relating to genetic tests. In 2023 Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Annual Meeting. Adelaide. |
| 2023 | Carter, D. (2023). Ethical and social aspects in HTA [Invited presentation]. In International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) Congress. Adelaide. |
| 2023 | Karen, M., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2023). Parental PTSD in Military and Emergency First Responder families: Lessons learned in designing an intervention for children. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY Vol. 14 (pp. 2 pages). TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. |
| 2023 | May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2023). Parental PTSD in service families: lessons learned in designing an intervention for children. In 17th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference. Belfast, Ireland. |
| 2023 | McGee, A., & Carter, D. (2023). Withholding and Withdrawing Ventilators: A Psychological or Moral Difference?. In Australiasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Annual Conference. Brisbane. |
| 2022 | Laka, M., Carter, D., & Merlin, T. (2022). Gaps in the Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support Software (CDSS): Interviews with Australian Policymakers. In Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Annual Meeting. Utrecht, The Netherlands. DOI |
| 2021 | Carter, D. (2021). How bereaved families see good care and communication in intensive care. In Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Online. |
| 2021 | Laka, M., Milazzo, A., Carter, D., & Merlin, T. (2021). From Pilot Studies To System-Wide Innovation: Challenges And Opportunities For Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) Implementation In Australia. In International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 37 , Special Issue S1: Innovation through HTA , December 2021 Vol. 37 (pp. 5-6). Manchester: Cambridge University Press (CUP). DOI |
| 2018 | Carter, D. A., Vogan, A., & Merlin, T. (2018). The need for ethics committees and evaluation agencies in coverage with evidence development: the case of crizotinib in Australia. In Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference. Townsville. |
| 2018 | Hunter, D., & Carter, D. A. (2018). Are you ethical? Sharing practices in assessing medical ethics workshop. In Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) conference. Townsville. |
| 2018 | McGee, A., & Carter, D. A. (2018). Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment are not morally equivalent. In Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Townsville. |
| 2017 | Harfield, S., Gibson, O., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). The CREATE Critical Appraisal Tool: Establishing The Validity, Reliability And Feasibility Of A Tool To Appraise Research From Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Perspectives. In 15th World Congress on Public Health (pp. 1-3). Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2017 | Gibson, O., Harfield, S., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Gomersall, J., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). The CREATE Critical Appraisal Tool: A Tool To Appraise Research From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives. In The Global Evidence Summit. Cape Town, South Africa. |
| 2017 | Carter, D. A., Merlin, T., & Hunter, D. (2017). Coercing or inducing patients to participate in evidence generation. In Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. Adelaide. |
| 2017 | Carter, D. A., McGee, A., Braunack-Mayer, A., & Deane, A. (2017). Resource allocation in the intensive care unit [Invited presentation]. In Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Conference. Adelaide. |
| 2016 | Gomersall, J., Gibson, O., Dwyer, J., O’Donnell, K., Stephenson, M., Carter, D., . . . Brown, A. (2016). Clients’ perceptions of the characteristics and value of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. In [ ]. Canberra. |
| 2015 | Morey, K., Canuto, K., Kite, E., Gibson, O., Brown, A., Harfield, S., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2015). The Development of an Appraisal Tool for Assessing Research Involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. In [ ]. Melbourne. |
| 2015 | Gomersall, J., Aromataris, E., Brown, A., Dwyer, J., Carter, D. A., O'Donnell, K., . . . Gibson, O. (2015). Characteristics and Value of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations Primary Health Care. In [ ]. Melbourne. |
| 2015 | Lopes McInnes, E., Street, J., Carter, D., & Merlin, T. (2015). Stakeholder views on Australian public- and patient-involvement in HTA. In Online programme. Oslo, Norway. |
| 2015 | Carter, D. A., Sendziuk, P. J., Eliott, J. A., & Braunack-Mayer, A. J. (2015). Why Is Pain Still Under-Treated in the Emergency Department? Two New Hypotheses. In Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2014 | Hutchison, K., Johnson, J., & Carter, D. A. (2014). Social justice and surgical innovation: the case of the Da Vinci robot. In Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference. Canberra, Australia. |
| 2013 | Carter, D. A. (2013). Pain management relative to other priorities in the emergency department: explicating moral logic with practitioners. In Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Sydney, Australia. |
| 2013 | Lopes do Carmo, E., Street, J. M., Carter, D. A., & Merlin, T. L. (2013). Excluding patient and citizen voices from health-care funding decision-making: what is the public health impact?. In Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) 42nd Annual Conference. Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2011 | Hiller, J. E., Elshaug, A. G., Watt, A. M., Braunack-Mayer, A. J., Moss, J. R., Carter, D. A., . . . for the ASTUTE health study group. (2011). Informing policy makers with an enhanced evidence-base for disinvestment: findings from a multi-stage stakeholder engagement. In Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Conference. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 2011 | Carter, D. A., Watt, A. M., Gordon, J. P., & the ASTUTE health study group. (2011). Different Hopes for Health Care Budgets: Distributing Assisted Reproductive Technology to Women of Different Ages. In Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Gold Coast, Australia. |
| 2011 | Hiller, J. E., Elshaug, A. G., Watt, A. M., Braunack-Mayer, A. J., Moss, J. R., Carter, D. A., . . . Hodgetts, K. S. (2011). Engaging Policy Makers with an Enhanced Evidence-Base for Disinvestment: Case Studies of Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Pathology Testing. In Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) 7th Health Services and Policy Research Conference. Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2011 | Carter, D. A. (2011). What is medical need? Competing answers and their implications for patient prioritisation. In Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) 7th Health Services and Policy Research Conference. Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2010 | Carter, D. (2010). The ethics of publicly funding assisted reproductive technology. In Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference 2010 (pp. 0 pages). Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2010 | Carter, D. (2010). The ethics of publicly funding assisted reproductive technology for older women. In Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 2010 Congress (pp. 0 pages). Singapore. |
| 2010 | Carter, D. (2010). The deference to nature implicit in public funding arrangements for assisted reproductive technologies. In 10th World Congress of Bioethics 2010 (pp. 0 pages). Singapore. |
| 2010 | Street, J. M., Elshaug, A. E., Braunack-Mayer., Wale, J. L., Watt, A. M., Carter, D. A., . . . the ASTUTE Health Study group. (2010). Weaving partisan and non-partisan voices into health policy: to knit or knot?. In Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) National Conference. Adelaide, Australia. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2022). What about kids living with parental PTSD? A family approach. Poster session presented at the meeting of Frontline Mental Health Conference. Gold Coast. |
| 2021 | Lopes McInnes, E., Stafinski, T., Carter, D., Merlin, T., & Street, J. (2021). Stakeholders' perspectives on public involvement in health technology assessment in Canada. Poster session presented at the meeting of Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2021 Annual Meeting. UK: Health Technology Assessment International. |
| 2018 | Kessels, S., Newton, S., Carter, D., & Merlin, T. (2018). The Effectiveness And Ethics Of Prenatal Testing For Cystic Fibrosis. Poster session presented at the meeting of HTAi Annual Meeting 2018. Vancouver. |
| 2017 | Harfield, S., Gibson, O., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). The CREATE Critical Appraisal Tool: A Tool To Appraise Research From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives [Poster]. Poster session presented at the meeting of 6th Annual National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Symposium on Research Translation. Brisbane. |
| 2017 | Muhlack, E. L., Eliott, J., Carter, D., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). Constructions of alcohol consumption among non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a South Australian study. Poster session presented at the meeting of 15th World Congress On Public Health. Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2016 | Muhlack, E. L., Braunack-Mayer, A., Carter, D., & Eliott, J. (2016). "Responsibility, Recreation, and Gender: a systematic review of middle-aged non-problematised drinkers’ constructions of their alcohol consumption". Poster session presented at the meeting of SA State Population Health Conference. Hindmarsh, SA. |
| 2016 | Morey, K., Gibson, O., Harfield, S., Canuto, K., Kite, E., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2016). Developing a tool to assess research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective [Poster]. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016. Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2016 | Muhlack, E. L., Eliott, J., Braunack-Mayer, A., Carter, D., & Morfidis, N. (2016). Responsibility, recreation, and gender: a systematic review of middle-aged non-problematised drinkers’ constructions of their alcohol consumption. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2016, as published in Drug and Alcohol Review. Sydney, NSW: Wiley. |
| 2012 | Carter, D. A. (2012). A philosophical analysis of secondary pain affect [Poster]. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) 14th World Congress on Pain. Milan, Italy. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Laka, M., Carter, D., Gao, Y., Choi, O., Tamblyn, D., & Merlin, T. (2024). International health technology market approval, funding and assessment pathways (1). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2024 | Tamblyn, D., Morona, J., Carter, D., Kessels, S., & Merlin, T. (2024). Clinical Evaluation Methods in HTA (4). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2024 | Merlin, T., Laka, M., Carter, D., Gao, Y., Choi, Y. -S., Parsons, J., . . . Tamblyn, D. (2024). Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review: HTA Pathways and Processes, Clinical Evaluation Methods and Horizon Scanning. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia. DOI WoS12 |
| 2023 | Milverton, J., Allani, P., Carter, D., Vogan, A., Newton, S., & Parsons, J. (2023). Newborn bloodspot screening for sickle cell disease and beta thalassaemia (MSAC Application 1737). Canberra, ACT. |
| 2022 | Milverton, J., Demir, M., Carter, D., Hill, H., Parsons, J., Tamblyn, D., & Vogan, A. (2022). Genetic testing for children with hearing impairment (MSAC Application 1680). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2021 | Neill, J., moodie, S., Laver, H., & Carter, D. (2021). RAH Emergency Department End-of-Life Follow-up Service Summary Report. |
| 2020 | Tamblyn, D., Vogan, A., Parsons, J., Schubert, C., Bellman, S., & Carter, D. (2020). Technical report to supplement clinical utility card for genetic testing for diagnosis of inheritable cardiomyopathies (MSAC Application 1599). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2020 | Tamblyn, D., Vogan, A., Parsons, J., Schubert, C., Bellman, S., & Carter, D. (2020). Clinical utility card for heritable cardiomyopathies. |
| 2020 | Newton, S., Mittal, R., Hill, H., Milverton, J., Carter, D., & Schubert, C. (2020). Technical report to supplement clinical utility card for genetic testing for diagnosis of inheritable cardiac rhythm disorders (MSAC Application 1598). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2020 | Newton, S., Mittal, R., Hill, H., Milverton, J., Carter, D., & Schubert, C. (2020). Clinical utility card for genetic testing for diagnosis of inheritable cardiac rhythm disorders. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2020 | Carter, D. A. (2020). Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency department bereavement follow up: Major findings from the qualitative data. |
| 2020 | Moodie, S., Carter, D., & Laver, H. (2020). ICU End-of-Life Follow-up Service Annual Report 2019. Adelaide. |
| 2020 | Carter, D. A. (2020). From the perspectives of bereaved families, what is the quality of care and communication in the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital? Complete findings from the qualitative data. |
| 2019 | Kessels, S., Newton, S., Vogan, A., Mittal, R., Schubert, C., Carter, D., . . . Merlin, T. (2019). Clinical utility card for heritable mutations associated with familial hypercholesterolaemia (MSAC Application 1534). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2019 | Kessels, S., Newton, S., Vogan, A., Mittal, R., Schubert, C., Carter, D., . . . Merlin, T. (2019). Technical report to supplement clinical utility card for heritable mutations associated with familial hypercholesterolaemia (MSAC Application 1534). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2018 | Milverton, J., Vogan, A., Parsons, J., Kessels, S., Carter, D., Schubert, C., . . . Merlin, T. (2018). Genetic deletion testing for alpha thalassaemia (MSAC Application 1531). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2018 | Milverton, J., Mittal, R., Carter, D. A., Kessels, S., Newton, S., Schubert, C., . . . Merlin, T. (2018). Processing and cryopreservation of ovarian tissue prior to or after gonadotoxic treatment to preserve fertility in females for the future (MSAC Application 1435 Part B, Assessment Report). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2018 | Lopes McInnes, E., Carter, D. A., & Street, J. (2018). YourSAy Online engagement with South Australians: an evaluation survey. Adelaide. |
| 2017 | Morona, J., Mittal, R., Newton, S., Salinger, K., Carter, D. A., Schubert, C., & Merlin, T. (2017). Processing and cryopreservation of semen, sperm and testicular tissue prior to or after gonadotoxic treatment to preserve future fertility (MSAC 1435 Part A, Assessment Report). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | May, K. (2023). Developing a program for children of military and emergency first responder parents with post-traumatic stress disorder. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2023 | May, K. (2023). Developing a program for children of military and emergency first responder parents with post-traumatic stress disorder. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2021 | Laka, M. (2021). The Role of Computer Computer-based Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) in Improving Antibiotic Management. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2021 | Laka, M. (2021). The Role of Computer Computer-based Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) in Improving Antibiotic Management. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2021 | Lopes McInnes, E. (2021). The Rationale and Design of Public Involvement in Health Technology Assessment: A Systems Thinking Approach. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2019 | Muhlack, E. (2019). The Social and Ethical Significance of Non-Problematised Middle-Aged Drinkers. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2017 | Harwood, A. (2017). An ethical analysis of obesity, weight stigma, and public health. (Master's Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2014 | Lopes McInnes, E. (2014). Public and patient involvement in government health funding decision making in Australia. (Master's Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| 2009 | Carter, D. A. (2009). Elaboration on a Permissible Theme. (PhD Thesis, Australian Catholic Univesrity). |
| 2001 | Carter, D. A. (2001). Iris Murdoch on Tragedy and King Lear. (Undergraduate Dissertation, The University of Melbourne). |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Carter, D. A. (2019). From the perspectives of bereaved families, what is the quality of care and communication in the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital?. |
| 2017 | Carter, D. A. (2017). Ethical dimensions of current and future practice. South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. |
| 2017 | Carter, D. A., & Merlin, T. (2017). Sharing risk in the funding of health technologies. School of Public Health. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | McGee, A., & Carter, D. (2022). Withdrawing and withholding treatment are not always morally equivalent. Justice Everywhere. |
| 2015 | Carter, D. A. (2015). Rethinking pain’s under-treatment in the ED – Part 1. BodyInMind. |
| 2015 | Carter, D. A. (2015). Rethinking pain’s under-treatment in the ED – Part 2. BodyInMind. |
2017-present. I lead an Ethics Consulting service provided by Adelaide Health Technology Assessment, as detailed here. I conduct paid consulting on applications to Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) and assist in the design and conduct of research studies, especially those that have pronounced ethical dimensions or use qualitative research methods.
2015-2017. Jonathan Karnon, Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Stephen Begg, Drew Carter. Increasing population health by making better funding decisions: Estimation of the cost-effectiveness threshold for the Australian health system. National Health and Medical Research Council. Project Grant. Grant ID 1084387. $331,398.
Scoring 6 out of 7, this application scored in the top 5% of the 3800 Project grant applications submitted in 2014. My role in the project was to help identify and overcome challenges associated with implementing an explicit and empirically derived cost-effectiveness threshold when recommending whether the government ought to fund a new health technology. In particular, I helped to design a survey to gauge the public's understanding and priorities when it comes to the potential impacts of the government using such a threshold.
2013-2018. CIs: Alan Pearson, Alex Brown, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Ngiare Brown, Edoardo Aromataris. AIs: Drew Carter, Carol Davy, Zoe Jordan, Craig Lockwood, Alexa McArthur, Sandeep Moola, Zachary Munn, Suzanne Robertson-Malt, Matthew Stephenson, Jackie Street, Catalin Tufanaru, Renee Williams. Innovation in the synthesis and translation of research evidence to inform the prevention, management and treatment of chronic disease in Indigenous populations. National Health and Medical Research Council. Centre of Research Excellence. App ID 1061242. $2,482,576.
I was actively involved in the Centre of Research Excellence in Aboriginal Chronic Disease Knowledge Translation and Exchange (CREATE). I was a member of its Methods Group, working to create a novel tool to assess the quality of research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I was also a member of the Centre's Sustainable Funding Domain, collaborating on systematic reviews concerning the value and funding of health services dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
2012-2014. Annette Braunack-Mayer, Jackie Street, Chris Reynolds, Vivienne Moore, Megan Warin, Drew Carter, John Moss, Tracy Merlin, Elizabeth Handsley. Steward or nanny state: Consulting the public about the use of regulations and laws to address childhood obesity. Australian National Preventive Health Agency. Category 1. Preventive Health Research Grant Program 2011-12. $288,381.
My role in the HealthyLaws project included providing ethical insights to the project's deliberative engagement with citizens and co-supervising a PhD on ethics, obesity and public health policy.
Sep-Oct 2012. Drew Carter and Paul Sendziuk. The morality of using acute pain as a diagnostic tool in emergency medicine, together with a critical history of acute pain measurement. The Brocher Foundation (Switzerland). Visiting Researchers. Approx. $20,000.
This project involved interviewing medical practitioners on the clinical and ethical reasoning underpinning pain management in the emergency department.
I currently teach ethics and public engagement in the postgraduate courses Health Technology Assessment and Health Economics.
In the past, I have taught health ethics extensively. From 2015 to 2018 I led all of the teaching of ethics to University of Adelaide medical students. I have co-ordinated Public Health Ethics and Saving lives or respecting rights? An introduction to health ethics, which I developed from the ground up with Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer. I have also tutored in philosophy extensively.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | What factors should Health Technology Assessment committees consider when deliberating funding recommendations for interventions given at the end-of-life? | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Rebecca Trowman |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | What factors should Health Technology Assessment committees consider when deliberating funding recommendations for interventions given at the end-of-life? | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Rebecca Trowman |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | Developing a Health Technology Assessment framework for the evaluation and reimbursement of multi-use pharmaceuticals | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Isaiah Luc |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | Developing a Health Technology Assessment framework for the evaluation and reimbursement of multi-use pharmaceuticals | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Isaiah Luc |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Developing a program for children of military and emergency first responder parents with post-traumatic stress disorder | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Karen Louise May |
| 2019 - 2022 | Co-Supervisor | The Role of Computer Based Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) in Improving Antibiotic Management | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Mahlaka HASSAN |
| 2017 - 2017 | Principal Supervisor | An Ethical Analysis of Obesity, Weight Stigma, and Public Health | Master of Philosophy (Public Health) | Master | Full Time | Ms Alison Harwood |
| 2015 - 2020 | Co-Supervisor | The Social and Ethical Significance of Non-Problematised Middle-Aged Drinkers | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mrs Emma Muhlack |
| 2015 - 2021 | Principal Supervisor | The Rationale and Design of Public Involvement in Health Technology Assessment: A Systems Thinking Approach | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Dr Edilene Lopes McInnes |
| 2012 - 2014 | Co-Supervisor | PUBLIC AND PATIENT INVOLVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT HEALTH FUNDING DECISION MAKING IN AUSTRALIA | Master of Philosophy (Public Health) | Master | Part Time | Dr Edilene Lopes McInnes |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2020 | Principal Supervisor | 3rd Year Research Placement - A Scoping Review of the Ethical Principles in ICU Admission and Discharge Guidelines | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences | Other | Full Time | 3 students |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - ongoing | Member | SA Department for Health and Wellbeing Human Research Ethics Committee | Government of South Australia | Australia |
| 2016 - 2017 | Member | SA Department for Health and Ageing Human Research Ethics Committee | Government of South Australia (Deputy for Annette Braunack-Mayer) | Australia |
| 2014 - 2016 | Member | School Research Committee | School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide | - |
| 2012 - 2017 | Member | Early-Career Researcher Committee | School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide | - |
| 2010 - 2014 | Member | Human Research Ethics Committee of the Adelaide College of Divinity | Flinders University | - |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - 2018 | Member | Australasian Association of Philosophy | Australia |
| 2014 - ongoing | Member | Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Interest Sub-Group on Ethical Issues in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) | - |
| 2013 - ongoing | Member | Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) | - |
| 2012 - 2013 | Member | International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) | - |
| 2010 - 2011 | - | International Association of Bioethics (IAB) | - |
| 2010 - 2011 | Member | International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics | - |
| Date | Title | Engagement Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | hOurHTA webinar: "Strengthening the voice of consumers in Australian HTA" | Public Community Engagement | The University of Adelaide | - |
| 2025 - 2025 | hOurHTA webinar: "Assessing the value of genomic technologies: two novel approaches" | Scientific Community Engagement | The University of Adelaide | - |
| 2024 - 2024 | hOurHTA inaugural webinar: “Develop an explicit qualitative value framework”: implications of this HTA review option | Public Community Engagement | The University of Adelaide | - |
| 2023 - ongoing | hOurHTA webinar series | Public Community Engagement | The University of Adelaide | - |
| 2018 - 2018 | Ethical and legal considerations in breast density | Scientific Community Engagement | The University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Institution | Department | Organisation Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2023 | Central Adelaide Local Health Network | [] | Health services and related | Australia |
| 2019 - 2019 | Department of Human Services - Government of South Australia | Early Intervention Research Directorate | Scientific research | Australia |
| 2018 - 2023 | National Health and Medical Research Council | National Health and Medical Research Council | Health services and related | Australia |
| 2018 - ongoing | Australian Government Organ and Tissue Authority | DonateLife South Australia | Health services and related | Australia |
| 2017 - 2019 | Health Practitioner | Private Individual | Health services and related | Australia |
| 2017 - 2017 | Health Research Board | Evidence Centre | Scientific research | Ireland |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2023 | Editor-In-chief | English Editorial Board of the International Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary | International HTA Glossary | Australia |
| Date | Office Name | Institution | Country |
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| 2016 - 2019 | Co-leader of the Teaching Ethics Stream (with A/Prof David Hunter) | Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law | Australia |
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