Sarah Chan

Chan completed her undergraduate degrees in law and biological sciences at the University of Melbourne. She earned a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hinxtongroup.org/au_members.html|title=The Hinxton Group: Members|website=www.hinxtongroup.org|access-date=2019-09-13}} She worked briefly as a laboratory scientist in molecular biology before focussing her efforts on policy and ethics. Chan moved to the United Kingdom, and earned a doctoral degree in healthcare ethics at the University of Manchester.

In 2005 Chan was appointed a Research Fellow Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nesta.org.uk/news/interview-dr-sarah-chan/|title=Interview: Dr Sarah Chan|website=nesta|language=en|access-date=2019-09-13}} She was appointed Deputy Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurostemcell.org/sarah-chan|title=Sarah Chan {{!}} Eurostemcell|website=www.eurostemcell.org|access-date=2019-09-12}} Chan works on medical ethics, with a particular focus on stem cells, embryos and reproductive medicine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/sarah-chan|title=Sarah Chan|website=The University of Edinburgh|language=en|access-date=2019-09-12}} and has written about the ethical risks associated with genome editing.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2018/11/28/claims-over-human-genome-editing-scientific-irresponsibility-at-its-worst/|title=Claims over human genome editing: scientific irresponsibility at its worst|last=Zohny|first=Hazem|date=2018-11-28|website=Journal of Medical Ethics blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-13}} She moved to the University of Edinburgh In 2016 she was awarded a Wellcome Trust seed grant to investigate the relationships between social media and health, studying the nature of patient participation in the digital age.{{Cite web|url=https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/patienthood-participation-digital-era|title=Patienthood and participation in the digital era {{!}} Wellcome|website=wellcome.ac.uk|access-date=2019-09-13}} She has studied the ethical implications of animal enhancement.{{Cite web|url=https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/99709|title=talks.cam : Improving on Nature: Biotechnology and the Ethics of Animal Enhancement|website=talks.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2019-09-13}}{{Cite journal|last1=Harris|first1=John|last2=Chan|first2=Sarah|date=2011-10-26|title=Human Animals and Nonhuman Persons|url=https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195371963.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780195371963-e-12|journal=The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics|pages=304–331 |language=en|doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195371963.013.0012|isbn=978-0195371963 |url-access=subscription}}

Chan is a popular science communicator, and has delivered lectures at various venues including the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology,{{Cite web|url=https://maxplanckneuroscience.org/ethics-in-science-lecture-by-sarah-chan-2/|title=Ethics in Science Lecture by Sarah Chan – University of Edinburgh, UK {{!}} Max Planck Neuroscience|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-13}} the Royal Society{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/03/genetic-healthcare/|title=The future of your genetic health {{!}} Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-09-13}} and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She provides comment to the national media, including the BBC.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9750000/9750580.stm|title=Should we try to save species?|date=2012-09-11|access-date=2019-09-13|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-41724994|title='Incredible' editing of life's building blocks|last=Gallagher|first=James|date=2017-10-25|access-date=2019-09-13|language=en-GB}} She is a member of the SynBioChem council, which looks to develop sustainable speciality chemicals.{{Cite web|url=http://synbiochem.co.uk/cabinet/|title=Cabinet :: SYNBIOCHEM|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-13}}

Chan was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/news-events/news-2018/sarah-chan-member-rse-young-academy-scotland|title=Sarah Chan - member of Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.|website=The University of Edinburgh|language=en|access-date=2019-09-12}} She serves on the Genomics England Ethics Advisory Committee and the Scottish Genomes Partnership.{{Cite web|url=https://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/about-genomics-england/the-board/ethics-advisory-committee/|title=Ethics Advisory Committee|date=2016-02-09|website=Genomics England|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishgenomespartnership.org/genetic-and-genomic-testing|title=Scottish Genomes Partnership {{!}} Genetic and Genomic testing|website=scottish-genomes|language=en|access-date=2019-09-13}}

Her publications include;

• {{Cite book|title=From reason to practice in bioethics|last1=Coggon|first1=John|last2=Chan|first2=Sarah|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0-7190-9623-5}}
• {{Cite book|title=Families – Beyond the Nuclear Ideal (Science Ethics and Society)|last1=Daniela|first1=Cutas|last2=Chan|first2=Sarah|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2012}}
• {{Cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2224.abstract|title=Montgomery and informed consent: where are we now?|last=Chan|first=SW|date=2017|journal=BMJ|volume=35}}
• {{Cite journal|title=In search of a post-genomic bioethics: Lessons from Political Biology|last=Chan|first=Sarah|date=2018|journal=History of the Human Sciences|doi=10.1177/0952695117729119c|doi-access=free}}

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