Members of the Australian Health Ethics Committee for 2024 to 2027.
Committee members

Chair,
Associate Professor
Stephen
Adelstein
Member with expertise in professional medical standards
Stephen Adelstein is a Clinical Immunologist and Allergist and an immunopathologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney where he also undertakes research in the development of novel tests for immune-mediated disorders. He is one of the inaugural Co-Directors of Institute for Academic Medicine at the Hospital. He completed his term as a practitioner member of the Medical Board of Australia and Chair of the Steering Committee and the Consultative Forum of the Medical Training Survey of the Board in 2024, has served as a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee for six years and has also been a Director of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and Chief Examiner for their Fellowship program in Immunopathology and Principal Examiner for the Faculty of Science of the College.
Senior Professor
Annette
Braunack-Mayer
Member with knowledge of the ethics of medical research
Dr
Laine
Chilman
Member with expertise in nursing and allied health practices
Dr
Yvonne
Ho
Member with understanding of health consumer issues
Associate Professor
Michelle
Kennedy
Member with expertise in public health research
Dr
David
Kirchhoffer
Member with expertise in religion
Professor
Emma
Kowal
Member with expertise in social science research
Professor
Jackie
Leach Scully
Member with understanding of the concerns of people with a disability
Professor
Erwin
Loh
Member with expertise in clinical medical practice
Professor
Michael
Martin
Member with other expertise relevant to the functions of the committee
Professor
Ainsley
Newson
Member with expertise in philosophy
Associate Professor
Michelle
Taylor-Sands
Member with expertise in law
Associate Professor
Mark
Slee
Member with other expertise relevant to the functions of the committee
Associate Professor
Viet
Tran
Member with knowledge of the regulation of the medical profession
Professor
Steve
Webb
Member with expertise in medical research