Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 471 6128
- elizabeth.fenton@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Lecturer
- Department
- Bioethics Centre
- Qualifications
- PhD (Virginia) MPH (Virginia)
- Research summary
- Public health ethics, global health, resource prioritisation, health policy
- Teaching
- Bioethics teaching across health professional schools; Lecturer BITC 404 (Ethics and Health Care); Lecturer PHIL 235 (Environmental Philosophy)
Research
My research focuses on the ethical, political, and social dimensions of public health and health policy. I am particularly interested in notions of fairness and equity in health resource allocation and policy making. I draw on a background in philosophy and public health, as well as my experience working for two national advisory bodies, first the National Ethics Advisory Committee in New Zealand, and later the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues in Washington D.C.
I have published on a range of topics in bioethics, including human rights, conscientious objection, enhancement, and fairness in resource prioritisation.