Hilary Bowman-Smart is a Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Precision Health. She commenced her role in 2023. She previously held a position as Researcher in the Ethics of Prenatal Genetics and Genomics at the University of Oxford between 2021 and 2023. In this role, she worked on a project comparing the implementation of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in England, France and Germany, with her research conducted in both English and German. She has also been a visiting fellow at the University of Augsburg, and holds honorary positions at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Monash University.
Hilary is an empirical bioethicist with a background in both genetics and philosophy. She was awarded her PhD by... Read more
About me
Hilary Bowman-Smart is a Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Precision Health. She commenced her role in 2023. She previously held a position as Researcher in the Ethics of Prenatal Genetics and Genomics at the University of Oxford between 2021 and 2023. In this role, she worked on a project comparing the implementation of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in England, France and Germany, with her research conducted in both English and German. She has also been a visiting fellow at the University of Augsburg, and holds honorary positions at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Monash University.
Hilary is an empirical bioethicist with a background in both genetics and philosophy. She was awarded her PhD by the University of Melbourne in 2022, receiving the Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Research. Her research approach involves ethical analysis that is informed by various types of empirical research, such as surveys, statistical analysis, and qualitative interview studies. Her areas of focus are reproductive ethics, genomics, and the philosophy of medicine.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Monash University
Bachelor of Arts Monash University
Bachelor of Science Monash University
Diploma of Languages Monash University
Researcher in the Ethics of Prenatal Genetics and Genomics, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford (2021 - 2023)
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Ethics in Medicine (Ethik der Medizin), University of Augsburg (2022)
Research Associate, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford (2021 - 2022)
Research Assistant, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University (2021)
Research Assistant, Centre for Ethics in Paediatric Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (2020 - 2021)
Teaching Assistant, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne (2020)
Teaching Associate, School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies, Monash University (2019 - 2021)
Research Assistant, Murdoch Children's Research Institute & Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities (2018 - 2021)
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
8
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
2
52
|
| 2024 |
2
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
31
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
2
4
|
| 2023 |
22
22
3
|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
3
6
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
10
10
29
|
| 2022 |
Open access
6
7
10
|
| 2021 |
Open access
2
1
26
|
| 2021 |
1
1
12
|
| 2021 |
5
6
1
|
| 2020 |
38
39
34
|
| 2019 |
Open access
39
36
31
|
| 2019 |
Open access
30
29
24
|
| 2019 |
Open access
8
5
44
|
| 2019 |
Open access
37
30
27
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Free University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
| Ku Leuven | BELGIUM |
| Mental Health Tribunal | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Murdoch Childrens Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| National University of Singapore | SINGAPORE |
| University Hospitals Leuven | BELGIUM |
| University Medical Center Göttingen | GERMANY |
| University Of Augsburg | GERMANY |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Victorian Clinical Genetics Services | AUSTRALIA |
