Ms Maeghan Toews
Lecturer
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of the Professions
I am a Lecturer at the University of Adelaide Law School where I teach Tort Law, Medical Law and Ethics, and Evidence and Advocacy.
My research interests are in the fields of health and medical law, with a focus on the legal and ethical issues arising from new medical biotechnologies. My work is multi-disciplinary, involving collaborations with scientists, clinicians, bioethicists, and communications scholars. I have been involved in a wide range of projects on topics such as precision medicine, rare diseases, research ethics, non-invasive prenatal testing, regenerative medicine, biobanking, and genetics and genomics. I completed a 2-year research fellowship examining legal and ethical issues associated with organ donation and transplantation, which has become a central focus of my work. My work encompasses a range of methodologies, including traditional doctrinal legal scholarship, media studies, and public surveys.
Prior to entering academia, I completed BA, JD, and LLM degrees and spent several years in private practice as a commercial litigator.
My research interests are in the fields of health and medical law, with a focus on the legal and ethical issues arising from new medical biotechnologies. My work is multi-disciplinary, involving collaborations with scientists, clinicians, bioethicists, and communications scholars. I have been involved in a wide range of projects on topics such as precision medicine, rare diseases, research ethics, non-invasive prenatal testing, regenerative medicine, biobanking, and genetics and genomics. I completed a 2-year research fellowship examining legal and ethical issues associated with organ donation and transplantation, which has become a central focus of my work. My work encompasses a range of methodologies, including traditional doctrinal legal scholarship, media studies, and public surveys.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2017 Lecturer University of Adelaide 2013 - 2016 Research Associate University of Alberta 2011 - 2012 Litigation Associate McLennan Ross LLP 2009 - 2011 Litigation Associate McCarthy Tetrault LLP -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2018 Scholarship Viscount Bennett Scholarship Law Society of Alberta Canada $10,000 2014 Fellowship James Kreppner Fellowship Canadian Blood Services — $150,000 -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2013 Leiden University Netherlands LLM (Adv) 2009 University of Toronto Canada JD 2006 University of Western Ontario Canada BA -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2010 Admitted to the Bar Law Society of Alberta — 2009 Certificate of Transnational Legal Studies Center for Transnational Legal Studies UK -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2018 Ogbogu, U., Zarzeczny, A., Baltz, J., Bedford, P., Du, J., Hyun, I., . . . Toews, M. (2018). Research on human embryos and reproductive materials: Revisiting canadian law and policy. Healthcare Policy, 13(3), 10-19.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12017 Toews, M., Giancaspro, M., Richards, B., & Ferrari, P. (2017). Kidney paired donation and the "valuable consideration" problem: The experiences of Australia, Canada, and the United States. Transplantation, 101(9), 1996-2002.
Scopus12017 Gill, J., Tinckam, K., Fortin, M., Rose, C., Shick-Makaroff, K., Young, K., . . . Gill, J. (2017). Reciprocity to Increase Participation of Compatible Living Donor and Recipient Pairs in Kidney Paired Donation. American Journal of Transplantation, 17(7), 1723-1728.
2017 Wright, A. J., Rose, C., Toews, M., Paquet, M., Corsilli, D., Le Cailhier, J. -F., & Gill, J. S. (2017). An Exception to the Rule or a Rule for the Exception? The Potential of Using HIV-Positive Donors in Canada. Transplantation, 101(4), 671-674.
2017 Anthony, S., Toews, M., Caulfield, T., & Wright, L. (2017). Family veto in organ donation in Canada: framing within English-language newspaper articles. CMAJ open, 5(4), E768-E772.
2017 Toews, M. (2017). Increasing Organ Donation Rates: What's Legal & What's Not?. Law Society of SA Bulletin, 39(11), 18-19. 2016 Toews, M., & Caulfield, T. (2016). Evaluating the “family veto” of consent for organ donation. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 188(17-18), E436-E437.
2016 Caulfield, T., & Toews, M. (2016). Rare diseases and resource allocation policy: the role of Canadian legal and ethical norms. UBC Law Review, 49(2), 789-816. 2016 Rachul, C., Toews, M., & Caulfield, T. (2016). Controversies with Kalydeco: newspaper coverage in Canada and the United States of the cystic fibrosis "Wonder Drug". Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 15(5), 624-629.
2016 Caulfield, T., Borry, P., Toews, M., Elger, B., Greely, H., & McGuire, A. (2016). Marginally scientific? Genetic testing of children and adolescents for lifestyle and health promotion. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 2(3), 627-644.
2015 Toews, M. (2015). Commercialization of Human Genetic Research. eLS, 1-6.
2015 Toews, M., Zoeller, S., & Du, L. (2015). Inter-jurisdictional Comparison of Professional Regulations as a Tool to Address the Provision of Unproven Stem Cell Interventions. Health Law Review, 22(3), 14. 2015 Caulfield, T., Kamenova, K., Ogbogu, U., Zarzeczny, A., Baltz, J., Benjaminy, S., . . . Toews, M. (2015). Research Ethics and Stem Cells: Is it Time to Re-think Current Approaches to Oversight?. EMBO Reports, 16(1), 2-6. 2014 Toews, M., & Caulfield, T. (2014). Physician Liability and Non-invasive Prenatal Testing. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 36(10), 907-914.
2014 Ogbogu, U., Toews, M., Ollenberger, A., Borry, P., Nobile, H., Bergmann, M., & Caulfield, T. (2014). Newspaper coverage of biobanks. PeerJ, 2, 500-1-500-14.
2014 Zarzeczny, A., Caulfield, T., Ogbogu, U., Bell, P., Crooks, V., Kamenova, K., . . . Zoeller, S. (2014). Professional regulation: a potentially valuable tool in responding to “stem cell tourism”. Stem Cell Reports, 3(3), 379-384.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2018 Toews, M. (2018). Organ and Tissue Donation. In B. White, F. McDonald, & L. Willmott (Eds.), HEALTH LAW IN AUSTRALIA. (3rd ed., pp. 773-808).
In 2014, I was awarded the James Kreppner Fellowship by Canadian Blood Services. This fellowship was a 2-year, $150,000 award to examine legal and ethical issues associated with organ donation and transplantation in Canada.
I teach Tort Law, Medical Law and Ethics, and Evidence and Advocacy.
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2014 - 2016 Board Member Biomedical Research Ethics Board University of Alberta Canada 2014 - 2015 Board Member Advisory Board for Organ Donation after Cardio-circulatory Death of Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit University of Alberta Hospital — -
Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Member Lex Salus University of Adelaide Australia 2017 - 2018 Board Member Academic Programs Committee University of Adelaide Law School Australia 2015 - 2016 Board Member Clinical Ethics Committee University of Alberta Hospital Canada
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