Rate My Professor Wendy Rogers

Professor Wendy Rogers is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Humanities at Macquarie University, serving as Professor of Clinical Ethics with appointments in the Department of Philosophy. She trained initially as a general practitioner before pursuing philosophy honours and earning a PhD in medical ethics from Flinders University in 1998, with a thesis titled 'The moral landscape of general practice'. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2009 as an ARC Future Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, she led the teaching of ethics, law, and professionalism for five years in the School of Medicine at Flinders University. Her career includes joint appointments between Philosophy and the Department of Clinical Medicine, and she now co-directs the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre.

Rogers' research in practical bioethics integrates her medical and philosophical backgrounds, guided by feminist perspectives. Her focus encompasses ethical challenges in innovative surgery—for which she co-developed the Macquarie Surgical Innovation Identification Tool (MSIIT)—organ transplantation, particularly ethical lapses in Chinese research; artificial intelligence in healthcare; synthetic biology; overdiagnosis; and vulnerability. Notable publications include the co-edited 'Vulnerability: New Essays in Ethics and Feminist Philosophy' (Oxford University Press, 2014), 'Why bioethics needs a concept of vulnerability' (International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 2012), and 'Compliance with ethical standards in the reporting of donor sources and ethics review in peer-reviewed publications involving organ transplantation in China' (BMJ Open, 2019). As Chief Investigator, she has led NHMRC and ARC-funded projects. Awards include the NHMRC Ethics Award (2019), Nature's 10 recognition (2019), designation as Australia's national bioethics research leader by The Australian (2019), Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2021), and the International Association of Bioethics Service Award (2022). She has shaped policy on surgical innovation and organ donation, served on the Australian Health Ethics Committee and as co-chair of the NSW Ministry of Health’s Clinical Ethics Advisory Panel (2010-2019), and currently co-chairs the Safety, Quality and Ethics program of the Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.