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Director: Dr Jane Kaye

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HeLEX
Jane's research focuses on the role of law in the global regulation of innovative technologies in medicine, with a particular focus on biobanks and standardisation.

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Department Department of Public Health
College St Cross College
Director: Dr Jane Kaye

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Jane Kaye, D.Phil., L.L.B. 
 
Jane Kaye is Director of the Centre for Law, Health and Emerging Technologies at Oxford (HeLEX) based in the Department of Public Health at the University of Oxford. She obtained her degrees from the Australian National University (BA); University of Melbourne (LLB); and University of Oxford (DPhil). She was admitted to practice as a solicitor/barrister in 1997. She is advisor to a number of F7 projects and is on the Sample and Ethics Committee of the 1000 Genomes Project;  International Scientific Advisory Board Canadians for Tomorrow Project; and the UK10K Ethics Advisory Group. She is also a member of the Ethics and Confidentiality Committee of the UK National Information Governance Board. She is also on the editorial boards of Law, Innovation and Technology, Journal of Law and Information Science, and Genomics, Policy and Society.

Her research involves investigating the relationships between law, ethics, and practice in the area of emerging technologies in health. The main focus is on genomics with an emphasis on biobanks, privacy, data-sharing frameworks, global governance and translational research.

 

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