Andrew Crowden

Hon. Prof. Andrew Crowden is a bioethicist and philosopher with extensive experience in clinical, research and organisational ethics. Andrew has Master of Bioethics and Ph.D. degrees from the Monash Bioethics Centre. He is Honorary Professor in Philosophy at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry where he is Chairperson of the University of Queensland Ethics Advisory Group (UQEAG). Andrew is Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) where he is Chairperson of the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). He is Chair of WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) HREC, Executive member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Research Ethics Committee, Stream Leader for Research and Innovation for the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL), a member of CSIRO’s Australian Health Biobank (AHB) Advisory Group, a member of the Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Philosophy in the Community Committee (PiCC) and is Director and Lead Consultant at Crowden Consultants (ABN 27914792136).

Andrew was a foundation board member of the Australasian Association of Bioethics, foundation research ethics stream leader for the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL), Chairperson of the UniSC Animal Ethics Committee (AEC), Chairperson of Townsville Hospital and Health Service HREC, Chairperson of Mater Health Services HREC, member of the Mater Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC), member of NHMRC’s Harmonisation of Multi-Centre Ethical Review (HoMER) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Research Group and the HoMER Monitoring Subgroup, Deputy Chair of the Victorian Government Ministerial Consultative Council for Human Research Ethics, Chairperson of Austin Health HREC, Bioethicist on Northeast Health HREC, the appointed Ethicist on the South Australian Government Human Research Subcommittee, Chair of the Rural Health Academic Centre’s Human Ethics Advisory Group at the University of Melbourne, and the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Dean’s nominee to Deakin University HREC.

Andrew’s recent research in practical ethics and the philosophical and ethics dimensions of genomics, data science and health has been funded by the University of Queensland, the Queensland Genomic Health Alliance and the John Templeton Foundation in collaboration with the University of Virginia and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.