Research Associate in the Section Translational Medical Ethics (NCT-EPOC), working group of Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Eva C. Winkler, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Heidelberg University Hospital, NCT
http://gnbs.ukhd.de
Research focus: Biomedical ethics; human research ethics; especially ethics of epigenome editing (https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108888), genome editing (http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748927242-299), genomic newborn screening/sequencing, assisted reproductive technologies (https://doi.org/10.33058/wpuzh.2022.8676).
Further research interests: Interdisciplinarity (https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2134488); metaphysics; logics; ontology; hermeneutics; legal studies (especially German medical law, and human rights, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585098/); literature studies (especially Rainer Maria Rilke’s works, https://fondationrilke.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Consultez-la-liste.pdf)
Forthcoming conference papers:
Alex et al.: "Das moralische Recht auf genomisches Nichtwissen Neugeborener – Begründung, Konzeptualisierung, Implikationen/The moral right to genomic ignorance of newborns – foundations, conceptualization, implications" (Poster). Annual Conference 2024 of the German Academy of Ethics in Medicine, Tübingen; September 2024.
Doll E. S.; Mahal J.; Alex K.; Lerch S.; Winkler E.; Ditzen B.: Focus groups on stakeholders’ needs and preferences regarding a genomic newborn screening program in Germany. 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) “Health Psychology for a Sustainable Future,” Cascais; September 2024.