Professor Julian Savulescu

Professor Julian Savulescu (BMedSc(Hons) 1988, MBBS(Hons) 1988, PhD 1995)

Distinguished Alumni Award 2009

Professor Julian Savulescu (BMedSc(Hons) 1988, MBBS(Hons) 1988, PhD 1995) is a world-leading ethics scholar. He holds the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford.

A researcher, educator and communicator, Professor Savulescu promotes public discussion around the ethical issues of everyday life - from embryonic stem cell research to the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.

Professor Savulescu pursued his PhD in philosophy after completing his medical degree at Monash University. He later established and was director of the Ethics of Genetics Unit at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne.

Appointed to the Uehiro Chair in 2002 (while still aged in his 30s), Professor Savulescu is also director of Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences and Centre for Neuroethics. He has published over 150 journal articles and is in great demand as a public speaker.

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