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Read more at: Dr Isaac Weldon publishes article on a new, socio-ecological perspective on AMR governance

Dr Isaac Weldon publishes article on a new, socio-ecological perspective on AMR governance

10 January 2021

A more sustainable level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be achieved by governing it as a socio-ecological challenge, Dr Steven Hoffman and LML Senior Research Associate Dr Isaac Weldon argue. In their paper, they look at antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as the outcome of the relationship between human societies and...


Read more at: Isolating Wandering Residents in Care and Group Homes

Isolating Wandering Residents in Care and Group Homes

14 December 2020

An article by Dr Kathy Liddell and several interdisciplinary co-authors has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry: 'Isolating residents including wandering residents in care and group homes: Medical ethics and English law in the context of Covid-19' The article addresses three...


Read more at: Dr Kathy Liddell and AMR Research Group published in WHO Bulletin

Dr Kathy Liddell and AMR Research Group published in WHO Bulletin

7 December 2020

An editorial article by the International Network for AMR Social Science (INAMRSS) features in the latest volume of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. INAMRSS is an open consortium of international academic centres focused on social science research and policy on antimicrobial resistance. Led by Professor...


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...