Michael Selgelid Explained

Region:	Western Philosophy
Era:	Contemporary philosophy
Michael Selgelid
Birth Place:	United States
School Tradition:	Analytic

Michael J. Selgelid is a bioethicist and moral philosopher who has written on ethics and public health, biotechnology, and infectious diseases. He is the current director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University and of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Bioethics therein.

Education

Selgelid studied a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, and completed his PhD in Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego under the supervision of Philip Kitcher.^[1]

Work and awards

While the completing his PhD in San Diego, Selgelid became a research fellow at the European Academy (Europaische Akademie), Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.^[2] In 2003 he worked at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa^[3] and spent time at the University of Murcia in Spain. In 2005^[4] he joined the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia, and in 2006 he became a senior research fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.^[5] At ANU he also was the Deputy Director of the National Centre for Biosecurity.^[6] Since 2006, Selgelid continued to be involved with the University of Sydney as an Honorary Lecturer.^[7]

Selgelid joined the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University in 2011, becoming its director.^[8]

His work in bioethics, specifically in biosecurity and global health, has been recognised by organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia. During the 2014 Ebola Crisis, Selgelid advised the WHO.^[9] The Monash University's Centre for Human Bioethics has been named a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics.^[10]

In 2004, he was a finalist for the Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research,^[11] and has been awarded multiple research fellowships to the Brocher Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland.

Publications

Selected books authored or edited include:

• Ethical and Philosophical Consideration of the Dual-Use Dilemma in the Biological Sciences, Dordrecht, NE: Springer, 2008 (with Seumas Miller).
• Emergency Ethics Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2012 (co-edited with A. M. Viens).
• On the Dual Uses of Science and Ethics: Principles, Practices, and Prospects, Canberra: ANU E Press, 2013 (co-edited with Brian Rappert).

External links

• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Articles by Michael J. Selgelid

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Michael J. Selgelid » Biography . Monash University, Arts . 16 October 2014.
2. Selgelid. Michael J.. Eugenic abortion, moral uncertainty, and social consequences. Monash Bioethics Review. 2001. 20. 2. 26–42. 10.1007/BF03351255. 143654437 .
3. Selgelid. Michael J.. Smallpox Revisited?. The American Journal of Bioethics. March 2003. 3. 1. 5–11. 10.1162/152651603322781620. 14560713 . 1885/20973. 23128044 . free.
4. Selgelid. MJ. Module four: standards of care and clinical trials.. Developing World Bioethics. March 2005. 5. 1. 55–72. 15748178. 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2005.00102.x.
5. Selgelid. Michael J.. Commentary: The Ethics of Dangerous Discovery. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 9 August 2006. 15. 4. 10.1017/S0963180106240568. 72049778 . 29 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141021171841/http://cambridgefluids.com/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=463175&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0963180106240568. 21 October 2014.
6. Book: Rappert. Brian. Education and ethics in the life sciences : strengthening the prohibition of biological weapons. 2010. ANU E Press. Acton, A.C.T.. 9781921666384. xii–xiii. 29 April 2015.
7. Web site: Selgelid. Michael J.. Curriculum Vitae. Monash Uni ve rsity. 9 September 2014. 29 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022001355/http://profiles.arts.monash.edu.au/michael-selgelid/files/2012/07/Website-CV-update-9-Sept-2014.pdf. 22 October 2014. dead.
8. Web site: New Centre Director . Monash University, Arts . 25 September 2012 .
9. Selgelid. Michael J. Governance of dual-use research: an ethical dilemma. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 1 September 2009. 87. 9. 720–723. 10.2471/BLT.08.051383. 19784453. 2739909.
10. News: ANU to work with WHO on bioethics. 29 April 2015. Australian Capital Territory News. 15 Jul 2009.
11. News: Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize Winners and Finalists. 29 April 2015. USC Gould School of Law. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022001254/http://law.usc.edu/centers/paccenter/winners.cfm. 22 October 2014. dead.