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Read more at: LML personnel update

LML personnel update

14 October 2019

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences is growing! We are delighted to announce the following appointments: Jennifer Anderson joined LML in October 2019 as a Research Associate. She will work closely with Dr Jeffrey Skopek (LML Deputy Director) on 'Liability for Harms Caused by the Use of AI in Healthcare', a...


Read more at: LML members participate in OECD workshop

LML members participate in OECD workshop

11 October 2019

From 17-18 September 2019, Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of LML), Prof. Dianne Nicol (LML Visiting Scholar), and Matt Jordan (Collaborative Research Projects Co-ordinator) attended “Collaborative platforms for personalized health: realizing the potential of genomics and biobanks”. This workshop, organised by OECD in...


Read more at: Dr Liddell attends CSaP workshop on 'Real World Evidence' in the life sciences industry

Dr Liddell attends CSaP workshop on 'Real World Evidence' in the life sciences industry

9 October 2019

On Wednesday 25 September, Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of LML) attended 'What's the value of real world evidence in the context of the life sciences industrial strategy?', a CSaP policy workshop organised jointly with the Department for Health and Social Care , and the Office for Life Sciences . Attended by delegates from...


Read more at: Artificial Intelligence and Liability - Job Opportunity

Artificial Intelligence and Liability - Job Opportunity

5 July 2019

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) seeks to appoint a highly motivated and independent Research Associate to join a two-year research project on artificial intelligence and liability. The project will focus in particular on the assignment of liability for harms caused by the use of machine learning...


Read more at: Dr Liddell to Present at Workshop on Medical Ethics and Compassionate Use in the UK

Dr Liddell to Present at Workshop on Medical Ethics and Compassionate Use in the UK

12 June 2019

On 13 June 2019, Dr Kathy Liddell (LML Director) will participate in a workshop on Medical Ethics and Compassionate Use in the UK. The workshop, organised by Roche Products Ltd. and facilitated by the Pembroke Corporate Partnership Programme, aims to design a consistent and sustainable approach for responding to requests...


Read more at: Job Opportunity: Research Associate/Senior Research Associate

Job Opportunity: Research Associate/Senior Research Associate

13 May 2019

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences and The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (in the School of Clinical Medicine) seek to appoint a Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to work on a project exploring the intersection between the law of negligence and the practice of medical diagnosis. The...


Read more at: Register now for Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium

Register now for Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium

13 May 2019

LML is delighted to announce that registration has opened for the CeBIL Annual Symposium 2019: Legal Innovation to Support the Development of Antimicrobial Drugs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to expand, raising the risk of a future public health crisis. Numerous conferences have been organised to address the...


Read more at: LML members to participate in international think tank: "Legal Boundaries and the 'Human' in Humanity"

LML members to participate in international think tank: "Legal Boundaries and the 'Human' in Humanity"

3 May 2019

From 9-11 June 2019, Dr Jeffrey Skopek (LML Deputy Director) and Dr Rumiana Yotova will participate in an international think tank on "Legal Boundaries and the 'Human' in Humanity" at McGill University. The think tank is being organized by Professor Bartha Knoppers (McGill) and Professor Hank Greely (Stanford). It will...


Read more at: Fourth article by LML Research Group published in Nature Biotechnology

Fourth article by LML Research Group published in Nature Biotechnology

2 May 2019

An LML Research Group has just published its fourth article in Nature Biotechnology : 'After six years, what has been Mayo’s impact on patent applications related to biotech, diagnostics, and personalized medicine?' (available here ), examines the impact of the US Supreme Court's decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v...


Read more at: LML members to participate in CeBIL Retreat

LML members to participate in CeBIL Retreat

2 May 2019

From 20-23 May, several LML members will travel to Copenhagen for a retreat hosted by the University of Copenhagen's Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law. As part of the CeBIL Collaborative Research Program, LML is responsible for a study investigating new uses for known drugs, and it will contribute to...