International Health Humanities Network Membership

I have a research background in the biomedical sciences: I gained my PhD at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, and worked briefly as a molecular geneticist in an NHS Clinical Genetics Service. Training for ordained Christian ministry led me to study theology in Cambridge and at King's College London. I worked in pastoral ministry and ministerial training before taking up my first university post in 2001 at the University of Wales, Lampeter. In 2009 I moved to the University of Winchester, where I am Professor of Theology and Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. My research interests focus on the interactions between the biosciences, health care, theology and ethics. My publications includeSelfish Genes and Christian Ethics: Theological and Ethical Reflections on Evolutionary Biology(London: SCM Press, 2007),Respecting Life: Theology and Bioethics(London: SCM Press, 2011) and numerous articles and book chapters on theology and bioethics, science and religion, and related topics. My main current project is to develop a theological understanding of health, disease and illness as an approach to practical issues in health care ethics, and is due to be published in 2013 as a monograph entitled Flourishing: Health, Disease and Bioethics in Theological Perspective(Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans). I also have an interest in theological engagement with public debates on bioethics, and am the main supervisor for an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award to research the Church of England's public and policy engagement in this area.