Andrew is a third year PhD student with the Usher Institute, researching the implementation and evaluation practices of robotic surgery systems. Andrew’s research draws on his roots in moral theory, and its application to contemporary medical high technology, as well as practice theory empowered by an ethnographic methodology.

Dr Giulia De Togni is an experienced ethnographer and an interdisciplinary social scientist specialising in Science and Technology Studies. Her work focuses on responsible research and innovation for AI and robotics applications in the health and care sectors.

Jamie’s PhD research project is AI and Ethical Decision-Making in a Resource-Limited Health Care Environment, co-supervised in the Usher Institute and the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society.

Louise joined the University of Edinburgh in 2022 as a Postdoctoral Fellow, having previously studied for her Master's degree in Socio-Legal Studies (2016) and PhD in Law (2021) at the University of Bristol. She currently works on the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems: Making Systems Answer project.

Dr Matthew J. Cull is an interdisciplinary research fellow at the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. A philosopher, they work on a variety of areas in social and political philosophy, ethics, and feminist philosophy.

Nayha Sethi is Chancellor’s Fellow in Data Driven Innovation. Nayha’s research and teaching focusses on exploring blurred boundaries between, and building responsible regulatory approaches across healthcare, research and innovation.

Stella is developing models for risk prediction in intensive care using AI and causal inference methods. With a background in philosophy and data science, she is exploring how ethical reasoning can be explicitly embedded in the model development process.