
Ms Maeghan Toews
Lecturer
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
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 - ongoing 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 2023 Toews, M., Chandler, J. A., Pope, T., Pape, R., Weiss, M., & Sandiumenge, A. (2023). Legislation and Policy Recommendations on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation From an International Consensus Forum. Transplantation Direct, 9(5), E1395.
Scopus12019 Smith, G., Gujari, D., Russell, O., Palmer, L., Toews, M., Wong, G., . . . Coates, P. T. (2019). International travel by Australians for overseas transplantation. Medical Journal of Australia, 211(10), 460.
2019 Marcon, A. R., Caulfield, T., & Toews, M. (2019). Public Solicitation and The Canadian Media: Two Cases of Living Liver Donation, Two Different Stories.. Transplant Direct, 5(12), e508.
Scopus12019 TOEWS, M. (2019). Research Handbook on Global Health Law. Edited by Gian Luca Burci & Brigit Toebes. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2018. 561 + xiii pages. The Canadian yearbook of international law. Annuaire canadien de droit international, 56, 629-634.
2019 Zavalkoff, S., Shemie, S. D., Grimshaw, J. M., Chasse, M., Squires, J. E., Linklater, S., . . . Zavalkoff, S. (2019). Potential organ donor identification and system accountability: expert guidance from a Canadian consensus conference. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE, 66(4), 432-447.
WoS17 Europe PMC102018 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.
Scopus8 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.
Scopus8 WoS3 Europe PMC22017 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.
Scopus10 WoS6 Europe PMC52017 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.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC12017 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.
Scopus5 Europe PMC42017 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. CMAJ, 188(17-18), E436-E437.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC102016 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.
Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC82016 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.
Scopus14 WoS12 Europe PMC62015 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.
Scopus18 WoS13 Europe PMC132014 Toews, M., & Caulfield, T. (2014). Physician Liability and Non-invasive Prenatal Testing. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 36(10), 907-914.
Scopus12 Europe PMC52014 Ogbogu, U., Toews, M., Ollenberger, A., Borry, P., Nobile, H., Bergmann, M., & Caulfield, T. (2014). Newspaper coverage of biobanks. PeerJ, 2(1), 500-1-500-14.
Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC32014 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 coordinate Tort Law, Medical Law and Ethics, and Law and the Body.
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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 2015 - 2016 Board Member Clinical Ethics Committee University of Alberta Hospital Canada
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