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Gregory Pike obtained his doctorate in Physiology from the University of Adelaide in 1984, then continued with postdoctoral studies in the USA supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. On returning to Australia he continued with various research programmes in neurobiology and membrane biophysics at the University of Adelaide. He took up a position in 1993 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in the Department of Surgery, working on various clinical trials and projects on new laparoscopic procedures and techniques.
In 1998 he joined the Bioethics Institute and now focuses on bioethics with a particular emphasis on the influence of bioethics on public policy development. He has participated extensively in public debates on stem cells, cloning, and heroin trials. He has a broader interest in ethical issues related to new technologies in the health sciences, particularly reproductive technologies and genetics.
He is a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee, the Chairman of the Board of the Australian Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Programme, a member of The Institute on Global Drug Policy, and a Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Christianity in an Age of Science and Technology.
He is married to Kathy and they have three grown up children.
Selena has a Bachelor of Health Sciences from Adelaide University. She has a special interest in women's health, aged care and public health, and has previously worked in health promotion and quantitative research.
She is a Founding Member of Women's Forum Australia, an independent organisation that undertakes research, education and advocacy in a wide range of social, cultural, economic and health issues affecting women.
She is married to Harley and they have five children.
Matthew has completed a Bachelor of Science and Arts with Honours from Adelaide University. His research interests are focussed on the ethics of surrogacy, reproductive technology and neuroethics.
Chelsea is a fourth year Arts/Law student at the University of Adelaide and works at Southern Cross Bioethics Institute on a casual basis. Some of the research areas she has covered include euthanasia and dementia care. She has a particular interest in moral philosophy and natural fertility control.
Chelsea is married to Tom.
Kimberley Pfeiffer began at Southern Cross Bioethics Institute in January 2008. Since joining the SCBI team she has conducted varied research in areas such as brain death criteria in relation to organ donation; the physiological effects of emergency contraception; the use of embryos in biomedical research; and ethical issues in neonatology. Her interest areas include research and medical ethics, early life ethics and moral philosophy.
Kimberley graduated from Adelaide University with a Bachelor of Health Sciences, and has also had clinical and laboratory experience which has developed her keen interest in research and medical ethics.
She is married to Joshua and they have one child.
Dr John Fleming specialises in the development of public policy in bioethics. His PhD (Griffith University, Queensland) is in philosophy and medical ethics.
Dr Fleming was a foundation member (1992-1996) of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee which developed the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 11 November 1997). Between 1998-2004 he was a member of the SA Council on Reproductive Technology (SA Parliament).
Dr Fleming was also a broadcaster in commercial radio for 34 years and a columnist for a major daily newspaper for 13 years.
Dr Fleming is currently a member of the Council of the National Museum of Australia. He is also a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Formerly an Anglican priest, Dr Fleming was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1995. He is married to Alison and they have three children.
Dr Michael G Hains is the Head of Compliance and Compliance Counsel for a leading Investment Bank. He completed his PhD on derivatives in 1996 and has published widely on financial products in Australia and overseas. He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Law at the University of New South Wales and a Senior Fellow at the Melbourne University Law Faculty.
Dr. Nicholas Tonti-Filippini PhD (Melb) is a consultant ethicist and a sessional lecturer in the John Paul II Institute for the Study of Marriage and Family, and in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. He is a chairman of the Research Committee for Matercare International and a founding member of the Board of Directors for Matercare Australia. Matercare was founded to establish obstetric facilities in developing countries. He is a member of the Ethics Advisory Panel for the Victorian Infertility Treatment Authority. He is also a member of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference Natural Family Planning Board of Management. He is also a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee
Dr. Tonti-Filippini was Australia’s first hospital ethicist in 1982, holding that position at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne for eight years where he was also Director of Bioethics. From 1990-1992 he established and conducted the Research Office for the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. He has been in private practice as an independent consultant ethicist for the past ten years and has an international reputation for his work in Bioethics. He was a consultant to UNESCO (Paris) in the development of the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights.
Anna Krohn is currently an Academic Skills Advisor at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family and is a Tutor in Nursing Ethics and Spirituality at Australian Catholic University.
She has worked in the areas of publishing (print & online), educational resource writing and editing, professional training and the research of health ethics at the Southern Cross Bioethics Institute (Adelaide) and the former Bioethics Centre at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne.
Anna is also currently columnist for the Perth Record and an honorary co-ordinator of the Caroline Chisholm Library. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Campion College for the Liberal Arts in NSW, and is one of the founders of the Anima Women’s Network.
She has completed a Bachelor of Theology (Melbourne College of Divinity) and is currently pursuing Doctoral Studies into the role of affectivity in ethics.