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Read more at: Dr Kathy Liddell discusses Cambridge’s Asymptomatic COVID-19 screening programme

Dr Kathy Liddell discusses Cambridge’s Asymptomatic COVID-19 screening programme

7 December 2020

On 5 December 2020, Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of LML) gave a presentation on the University’s asymptomatic COVID-19 screening programme, which was offered to 16,000 students. The seminar, organised and chaired by Dr Mark Lathrop (Director of the McGill Genome Centre), was part of a discussion group established to share...


Read more at: Jinal Dadiya featured in Horizons Magazine

Jinal Dadiya featured in Horizons Magazine

4 December 2020

Jinal Dadiya (LML PhD Candidate) has been featured in Horizons, the University of Cambridge’s research magazine. The latest edition of Horizons shines a spotlight on reproductive research currently being undertaken at the University. Jinal provides a snapshot of the legal and regulatory issues raised by reproductive...


Read more at: Dr Kathy Liddell to Participate in CSaP Policy Leaders Fellowship Meeting

Dr Kathy Liddell to Participate in CSaP Policy Leaders Fellowship Meeting

18 November 2020

Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of LML) has been invited to participate in a CSaP Policy Leaders Fellowship meeting on human genome editing on 20 November 2020. The CSaP Policy Leaders Fellowship addresses the needs of the most senior policy makers, whether in Whitehall, Brussels, devolved administrations in the UK, or...


Read more at: Dr Stevie Martin’s PhD thesis to be published as a book

Dr Stevie Martin’s PhD thesis to be published as a book

10 September 2020

LML are delighted to announce that Dr Stevie Martin’s PhD thesis, ‘Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights’, is to be published by Routledge. This book will examine the human rights implication of the ban on assisted suicide in England and Wales. More specifically, it will consider whether the Suicide...


Read more at: LML members secure book contract with CUP

LML members secure book contract with CUP

10 September 2020

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences is pleased to report that LML members Dr Stephanie Palmer and Dr Stevie Martin have secured a book contract with Cambridge University Press. Written in collaboration with Dr Kirsty Hughes, the book will address a range of topics within the remit of human rights law, including...


Read more at: Professor Mateo Aboy published in Nature Biotechnology

Professor Mateo Aboy published in Nature Biotechnology

4 September 2020

Mateo Aboy (LML Principal Research Associate) has co-authored a featured patent particle in Nature Biotechnology with Jacob Sherkow (Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law). The US Food and Drug Administration has been criticized for failing to expeditiously approve ground-breaking medical devices...


Read more at: Special issue of the International Journal of Children’s Rights published

Special issue of the International Journal of Children’s Rights published

3 September 2020

A special issue of the International Journal of Children’s Rights, edited by Brian Sloan and Claire Fenton-Glynn (LML Member), has been published . The issue is entitled ‘Article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Families, Guidance and Evolving Capacities’. It contains papers presented at an international and...


Read more at: LML members attend second virtual CeBIL Retreat

LML members attend second virtual CeBIL Retreat

21 August 2020

On Friday 21 August, contributors to the Collaborative Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) convened for the second of two virtual retreats hosted by the University of Copenhagen. Progress updates were provided for the precision medicine, biologics, and synergy & policy solutions studies. Dr Kathy...


Read more at: Job opportunity — AI & Healthcare

Job opportunity — AI & Healthcare

2 July 2020

LML seeks to appoint a highly motivated and independent Research Associate to work on a set of challenging legal and ethical questions raised by the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The postholder will pursue research projects in two related areas. The first is an existing area of LML research on how civil...


Read more at: LML Senior Academic Promotions

LML Senior Academic Promotions

30 June 2020

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences is pleased to announce that two members of our Management Committee are to be promoted in this year’s Senior Academic Promotions exercise. They will assume their new positions in October 2020. Dr Kathy Liddell, Founding Director of LML and Herschel Smith Senior Lecturer of...