Assoc Prof Beatrice Loff - Researcher Profile

Biography

Associate Professor Bebe Loff is Head of the Human Rights and Bioethics Unit in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and currently a Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Senior Research Fellow. She coordinates the Master of International Health and the Master of International Research Bioethics.

Prior to joining Monash University she was responsible for the legislative programmes of Ministers of Health in Victoria. She has worked in various capacities for a number of United Nations agencies including the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNAIDS. She has been a member of several ethical review committees including that of the World Health Organization, the Australian Health Ethics Committee (a principal committee of the NHMRC). In addition, she was for a time, an Australian correspondent for The Lancet and a regular human rights commentator.

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

MASTERS BY RESEARCH

Institution: Unknown

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Book Chapters

Zion, D.R., Loff, B., 2008, Beyond the clinical contract: Restoring asylum seeker health through advocacy and care, in Asylum seekers internation perspectives on interdiction and deterrence, eds Alperhan Babacan, Linda Briskman, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, England, pp. 97-111.

Loff, B., Crammond, B.R., 2008, Legal responsibilities in relation to HIV and viral hepatitis, in HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STI's A Guide for Primary Care, eds Davis Bradford, Jennifer Hoy, Gail Matthews, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM), Australia, pp. 152-174.

Loff, B., Crammond, B.R., Khan, R., Ahmad, A., Zion, D.R., 2007, Ethical considerations in humanitarian and development aid: What have we learnt over the last 20 years?, in Measuring Effectiveness in Humanitarian and Development Aid: Conceptual Frameworks, Principles and Practice, eds Andre M N Renzaho, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, pp. 259-277.

Loff, B., 2005, Morality, the law, and sex, in Sexual Health Medicine, eds Darren Russell, David Bradford and Christopher Fairley, IP Communications Pty Ltd, East Hawthorn Vic Australia, pp. 467-475.

Loff, B., 2004, Public health, health promotion and the law, in Hands-on health promotion, eds Rob Moodie, Alana Hulme, IP Communications, Australia, pp. 39-49.

Journal Articles

Pratt, B., Zion, D., Lwin, K., Cheah, P., Nosten, F., Loff, B., 2012, Closing the translation gap for justice requirements in international research, Journal Of Medical Ethics [P], vol 38, issue 9, B M J Group, United Kingdom, pp. 552-558.

Pratt, B.F., Zion, D.R., Loff, B., 2012, Evaluating the capacity of theories of justice to serve as a justice framework for international clinical research, American Journal Of Bioethics [P], vol 12, issue 11, Routledge, United States, pp. 30-41.

Pratt, B., Loff, B., 2012, Health research systems: promoting health equity or economic competitiveness, Bulletin Of The World Health Organization [P], vol 90, World Health Organisation, Switzerland, pp. 55-62.

Pratt, B., Loff, B., 2012, Linking international research to global health equity: the limited contribution of bioethics, Bioethics [P], vol epub, Wiley-Blackwell, England, pp. 1-7.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L.R., Loff, B., 2012, Psychiatric ethics and a politics of compassion, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine [P], vol 9, Stiftelsen Rehabiliteringsinformation, Sweden, pp. 67-75.

Shill, J., Mavoa, H., Crammond, B.R., Loff, B., Peeters, A., Lawrence, M., Allender, S., Sacks, G., Swinburn, B.A., 2012, Regulation to create environments conducive to physical activity: understanding the barriers and facilitators at the Australian state government level, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 9 (Art. No.: e42831), Public Library of Science, United States, pp. 1-11.

Kevat, D., Lander, F., Loff, B., 2012, The growing threat to medical independence in conflict zones, Lancet [P], vol 379, Elsevier Science Ltd, England, pp. 31-32.

Walls, H.L., Walls, K.L., Loff, B., 2012, The regulatory gap in chronic disease prevention: a historical perspective, Journal of Public Health Policy [P], vol 33, issue 1, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 89-104.

Briskman, L., Zion, D., Loff, B., 2011, Care or collusion in asylum seeker detention, Ethics and Social Welfare [P], vol E, Routledge, UK, pp. 1-19.

Williams, M., Kevat, D., Loff, B., 2011, Conflict of interest guidelines for clinical guidelines, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 195, issue 8, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 442-445.

Grzybowski, A., Sade, R., Loff, B., 2011, Ethical problems in invasive clinical research, Ophthalmology [P], vol 118, issue 4, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 787-789.

Allender, S., Gleeson, E., Crammond, B., Sacks, G., Lawrence, M., Peeters, A., Loff, B., Swinburn, B., 2011, Policy change to create supportive environments for physical activity and healthy eating: Which options are the most realistic for local government?, Health Promotion International [P], vol E, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 1-14.

Briskman, L., Zion, D., Loff, B., 2010, Challenge and collusion: Health professionals and immigration detention in Australia, The International Journal of Human Rights [P], vol 14, issue 7, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 1092-1106.

Loff, B., Overs, C., 2010, Ethical standards in Cambodia: is silent witnessing sufficient?, Lancet [E], vol 375, issue 9718, The Lancet Publishing Group, United Kindom, pp. 865-954.

Loff, B., Crammond, B.R., 2010, Junk food packaging - a challenge to the prime minister, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 193, issue 3, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, p. 192.

Pratt, B., Loff, B., 2010, Justice in international clinical research, Developing World Bioethics [P], vol 11, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 75-81.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L., Loff, B., 2010, Response to open peer commentaries on"returning to history: the ethics of researching asylum seeker health in Australia, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 10, issue 2, The American Journal of Bioethics, United States, pp. 6-7.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L., Loff, B., 2010, Returning to history: the ethics of researching asylum seeker health in Australia, The American journal of bioethics : AJOB [E], vol 10, issue 2, The American Journal of Bioethics, United States, pp. 48-56.

Bond, M., Williams, Crammond, B., Loff, B., 2010, Taxing junk food: applying the logic of the Henry tax review to food, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 193, issue 8, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 472-473.

Loff, B., Crammond, B.R., 2010, Wanted: politicians to champion health (not obesity), Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 192, issue 7, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Medical Journal Of Australia, pp. 397-399.

Loff, B., 2010, World trade,the poor and the swine flu, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics [E], vol 7, issue 1, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, India, pp. 4-5.

Allender, S., Gleeson, E., Crammond, B.R., Sacks, G., Lawrence, M., Peeters, A., Loff, B., Swinburn, B.A., 2009, Moving beyond 'rates, roads and rubbish': How do local governments make choices about healthy public policy to prevent obesity?, Australia and New Zealand Health Policy [P], vol 6, issue 20, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-8.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L.R., Loff, B., 2009, Nursing in asylum seeker detention in Australia: Care, rights and witnessing, Journal Of Medical Ethics [P], vol 35, issue 9, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 546-551.

Walls, H.L., Peeters, A., Loff, B., Crammond, B.R., 2009, Why education and choice won't solve the obesity problem, American Journal Of Public Health [P], vol 99, issue 4, Amer Public Health Assoc INC, United States, pp. 590-592.

Fry, C.L., Madden, A., Brogan, D., Loff, B., 2006, Australian resources for ethical participatory processes in public health research, Journal of Medical Ethics, vol 32, issue 3, BMJ Publishing Group, England, p. 186.

Loff, B., 2006, Ethical challenges and responses in harm reduction research: a critique of applied communitarian ethics, Drug and Alcohol Review, vol 25, issue 4, Wiley-Lackwell Publishing LTD, England, pp. 371-372.

Srinivasan, S., Loff, B., 2006, Medical research in India, The Lancet, vol 367, The Lancet Publishing Group, UK, pp. 1962-1964.

Loff, B., 2005, Let us be prepared, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 183, issue 11/12, Australasian Medical Publishing, Australia, pp. 625-626.

Burris, S., Csete, J., Goumei, X., Dan, Z., Loff, B., 2005, Shanghai plans responses to AIDS, The Lancet, vol 365, issue 9470, The Lancet Publishing Group, UK, pp. 1524-1525.

Loff, B., Black, J., 2005, Unethical clinical trials in Thailand: a community response, The lancet, vol 365, issue 9471, The lancet publishing company, United kingdom, pp. 1618-1619.

Loff, B., Sanghera, J., 2004, Distortions and difficulties in data for trafficking, Lancet [P], vol 363, issue 9408, The Lancet Publishing Group, UK, p. 566.

Loff, B., 2004, How much is patient protection threatened by drug costs?, Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, vol 5, issue 9, Ashley Publications, London England, pp. 1863-1865.

Greco, D.B., Loff, B., Feinholz, D., Guilhem, D., IJsselmuiden, C., Schuklenk, U., Tealdi, J.C., 2004, Letter to the editor regarding the 5th Global Forum on Bioethics in Research, American Journal Of Bioethics [P], vol 4, issue 4, Routledge, United States, p. W38.

Loff, B., Black, J., 2004, Research committees: what is their contribution?, The lancet, vol 181, issue 8, The lancet publishing company, United states, pp. 440-441.

Black, J., Loff, B., Potts, H.T., 2004, Role of poverty must be emphasised, BMJ, vol 329, issue 7461, BMJ Group, UK, p. 352.

Anderson, I., Loff, B., 2004, Voices lost: Indigenous health and human rights in Australia, The lancet, vol 364, issue 9441, The lancet publishing company, United kingdom, pp. 1281-1282.

Loff, B., McKelvie, H., 2003, Australia shaken by complementary medicines recall, The Lancet, vol 361, issue 9370, The Lancet Publishing Group, UK, p. 1710.

Loff, B., Overs, C., Longo, P., 2003, Can health programmes lead to mistreatment of sex workers, The lancet, vol 361, issue 9373, The lancet publishing company, United kingdom, pp. 1982-1983.

Loff, B., 2003, Patents and access to essential drugs, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medici..., vol 97, issue 1, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 6-9.

Liberman, J., Loff, B., 2002, Australian court rules against tobacco company in lung-cancer case, The lancet, vol 359, issue 9317, The lancet publishing company, United states, p. 1586.

Loff, B., Cordner, S.M., 2002, Australian medical association calls for medical litigation rules overhall, The lancet, vol 360, issue 9331, The lancet publishing company, United states, p. 470.

Loff, B., 2002, Do human rights have a role in public health work?, Lancet, vol 360, issue 9348, The lancet publishing company, United kingdom, p. 1880.

Loff, B., 2002, No agreement reached in talks on acces to cheap drugs, The lancet, vol 360, issue 3949, The lancet publishing group, United kingdom, p. 1951.

Loff, B., Heywood, M., 2002, Patents on drugs: manufacturing scarcity or advancing health, The journal of law, medicine and ethics, vol 30, issue 4, Wiley-blackwell, United states, pp. 621-631.

Loff, B., 2002, World trade organisation wrestles with access to cheap drugs solution, The lancet, vol 360, issue 9346, The lancet publishing company, United states, p. 1670.

Loff, B., Black, J., 1998, Human rights and epidemiology, The Lancet, vol 352 no 9134, The Lancet Ltd, London UK, p. 1153.

Other

Loff, B., 2006, Research ethics, Encylopedia of prostitution and sex work, vol 2, Greenwood Press, USA, pp. 395-398.

McKelvie, H., Loff, B., 2005, Human rights, controls and principles, Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine, vol 2, Elsevier, Oxford UK, pp. 538-546.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The 'right' kind of health: justice, health inequalities and social determinants of health.

Supervisors:

Loff, B (Main), Emerton, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The phenomenology of the Obesity Epidemic: Can we find a common narrative with which to move forward?.

Supervisors:

Loff, B (Main), Duff, C (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Nataraj, S.

Program of Study:

Consent is compulsory: informed consent in HIV testing of pregnant women in India. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Loff, B (Joint-Co), Markovic, M (Joint), Oldenburg, B (Associate).

Student:

Pratt, B.

Program of Study:

Developing and testing an ethical framework to link international clinical research to justice in global health. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Loff, B (Main), Zion, D (Associate).