This seminar will provide an overview of some of the ethical issues that arise in the context of population-wide reproductive genetic carrier screening. Drawing primarily on the example of the Mackenzie’s Mission pilot study, some of the concerns with population genomics will be addressed, along with specific conceptual considerations that are important in carrier screening. Many of these issues will be relevant to other population applications of genomics.

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Dr Lisa Dive is a Lecturer in the Graduate School of Health at UTS, her research focuses on the ethical aspects of genetics and genomics. She is a bioethics scholar with a background in analytic philosophy, research qualifications in both philosophy and bioethics, and professional experience in health policy. Her research investigates how rigorous analysis of central ethical concepts can help in responding to real-world ethical dilemmas in health care.

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