Rate My Professor Wendy Rogers

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.