Prof. Dr. med. Alena M. Buyx, M. A. phil., FRSA Professor of Ethics in Medicine and Health Technologies Director, Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine Technical University of Munich Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich Germany Alena Buyx is Professor of Ethics in Medicine and Health Technologies and Director of the Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine at Technical University Munich. She has previously held appointments at the University of Kiel, University of Münster; Harvard University, and University College London; and she was Assistant Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London. Professor Buyx is a medical doctor with postgraduate degrees in philosophy and sociology. Her research spans the whole field of biomedical and public health ethics, with a particular focus on ethics of medical innovation and health technologies, research ethics, questions of solidarity and justice in contexts such as public health and health care provision, and novel participatory approaches in biomedicine and beyond. She has expertise in theoretical ethical analysis as well as in empirical, mixed-methods approaches and policy development. She is keen on interdisciplinary approaches and collaborates regularly with clinical colleagues as well as with public health professionals, political and social scientists, philosophers, lawyers or health economists. As a PI, Professor Buyx has been awarded over 2.3 million Euros over the last five years for dedicated ethics research (e.g. European Commission, German Research Foundation, German Ministry of Research and Education), and she was Co-PI of large successful initiatives of more than 125 million Euros (Excellence Initiative, German Council of Science and Humanities). Her work is published in high-ranking journals, such as Science, BMJ, GiM or Bioethics. She is an award-winning teacher of medical and life science students, early career researchers, clinicians and health professionals. In addition to research and teaching, Professor Buyx is active in the political and regulatory aspects of biomedical ethics, sitting on a number of high-level national and international ethics bodies concerned with policy development and implementation, and consulting for various international research consortia and policy initiatives. She has been a member of the German Ethics Council since 2016 and a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing since 2019. Career and education 2014-2018 Professor of Medical Ethics at University of Kiel 2012-2014 Head of the DFG-Emmy Noether Research Group in Bioethics (Münster University) 2012-2015 Honorary Senior Research Fellow at School of Public Policy (University College London) 2013 Habilitation, venia legendi in ethics, history and philosophy of medicine (Münster University) 2009-2012 Assistant Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London 2008-2009 Post Doc at Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health (Harvard Medical School) 2006-2008 Assistant Professor, Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine (Münster University) 2005 Med. Licensure, MD, Magistra Artium (M.A. phil.; Philosophy/Sociology (Münster University) 1997-2004 Studies in Medicine, Philosophy, Sociology and Health Sciences (Münster University, academic year at York University (GB), Junior House Officer for four months, University College London) 1 Prof. Dr. med. Alena M. Buyx, M. A. phil., FRSA Current research Ethical implications of medical innovation and health technology development: Data-rich medicine, medicine 5.0, medical AI, machine learning and robotics; genome editing; organoids and tissue modelling Research ethics: Citizen science and novel forms of participatory research in biomedicine, innovative cohort study design, big data-research, biobanking governance Ethical issues in biomedicine: Solidarity in bioethics and beyond, justice in health care, rationing and fair priority setting, personalised medicine, neuroethics, conscientious objection Public health ethics: aging and demographic change, health inequalities, libertarian paternalism and nudging, nudging and food policy, medical brain drain, medical public goods (e.g. antibiotic resistance) Grants as PI: approx. 2.3 Mio € over last 5 years Funders: European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Fondation Brocher (CH), Nuffield Foundation (GB); Arts and Humanities Research Council (GB), Innovative Medizinische Forschung Current grants DFG Emmy-Noether-Research Group BU 2450/2-1 Political Philosophy and Bioethics (July 2012-June 2019), PI, 1.020.000 € BMBF Project 01GP1311 Ethical, social and regulatory implications of citizen science in medicine (November 2014-April 2019), PI, 406.000 € BMBF Project Health management in companies – ethical implications (October 2016-December 2019), PI, own share approx. 250.000 € EU H2020 Consortium STIPED Transcranial brain stimulation as innovative therapy for chronic pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders – STIPED consortium; WP 02 Ethical and social issues, patient and public involvement (January 2017-January 2022), PI, own share approx. 250.000 € Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Applied Diagnostics Project Ethical and social implications of precision medicine in prostate and colon cancer care, Co-PI, own share approx. 120,000€ (February 2018-Juli 2019) BMBF Project New ethical and regulatory challenges in data rich medicine (March 2019- March 2020), PI, 60.000€ EU H2020 Consortium Biomap – Biomarkers in Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis, WP 8, Ethical and social issues (April 2019- April 2024), Co-PI, own share 185.000€ Areas of work beside research and teaching Ethical research evaluation and advisory (local, national and international, e.g. various FP7 and H2020 consortia) Clinical ethics advisory (including bed-site consulting and case moderation) Medical governance advisory Professional service and functions (selection) Germany: German Ethics Council (since 2016) German Medical Association National Ethics Commission (2013-2016) Advisor to Ministry of Food and Agriculture (2015-2016) Advisor to the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin International: WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing, CH Adviser to the World Bank, India Research Programme, US Affiliate of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, UK 2 Prof. Dr. med. Alena M. Buyx, M. A. phil., FRSA Non-executive Co-Director of the Vienna Center for Solidarity Studies, AU Associated PI in Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Applied Diagnostics, AU Scientific Board of the European Forum Alpbach Health Symposium, AU Visiting Professor, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, AU Independent Ethics Advisor of Horizon 2020-Consortia DynaHealth (Tulo Finland), SysMedPD (Luxemburg), EMBRYOandLATERHEALTH (Rotterdam), LifeCycle (Rotterdam) Board member Stiftung Besser essen. Besser leben (CH) Reviewer: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Wellcome Trust (UK), Medical Research Council (UK), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (CH), Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; more than 40 journals Honours, awards and international fellowships (selection) Secundo loco W3 Professorship History in Ethics and Medicine, University Hamburg (2017) Secundo loco W3 Professorship on History, Ethics of Medicine, University of Ulm (2016) Excellence in Teaching Award, CAU Kiel (2015) Member of Junges Kolleg of Northrhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2013/14) Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (since 2011) Visiting Fellowship of the Fondation Brocher (2010) Visiting Fellowship of Harvard Medical School (2008/09) Young scholar award of the European Association for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (2007) Young scientist award of Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (2005) Loco tertio W1 Professorship Medical Ethics, University of Mainz (2005) Member of German National Academic Foundation (1997-2004) Hölderlin-Stipendium of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation (2001/02) Policy and governance advisory (selection) Germany: German Ethics Council, German Medical Association, various German federal and regional ministries, President of Kiel University, etc. International: WHO, House of Lords (UK), All Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Research (UK), European Directorates-General on Energy, and Health and Food Safety, the World Bank, etc. Full list available on request. 3 Prof. Dr. med. Alena M. Buyx, M. A. phil., FRSA PUBLICATIONS PROF. DR. MED. ALENA BUYX Books Prainsack B, Buyx A (2017) Solidarity in biomedicine and beyond. Cambridge University Press, paperback out in 2018. Reviewed in Medical Law Review; Bioethica; Journal of Law, Technology and Society; New Genetics and Society; endorsements by Danial Callahan, Barbara Koenig, Bettina Schöne-Seifert Prainsack B, Buyx A (2016) Das Solidaritätsprinzip. Plädoyer für eine Renaissance in Medizin und Bioethik. campus Verlag. Prainsack B, Buyx A (2011) Solidarity: Reflections on an emerging concept in bioethics. London. Reports with the German Ethics Council Intervening in the human genome. Berlin, 9.05.2019. Challenges in tackling rare diseases. Berlin, 23.11.2018. Help through coercion? Professional care relationships between beneficence and autonomy. Berlin, 01.11.2018. Big Data and Health – Data Sovereignty as the Shaping of Informational Freedom. Berlin, 30.11.2017. Germline intervention in the human embryo: