Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics

Knowledge Exhange

SIBLE are actively engaged in knowledge exchange activities. Members of SIBLE are working on a number of external projects where they are sharing their knowledge and experise. The knowledge that they share often has an impact on decision making and policy development.

Seleted knowledge exhange commitments

Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG)

Mark Taylor is a member of the Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) established by the Department of Health to provide advice on issues of national signifi cance involving the use of patient information.
 

UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee
 

Chamu Kuppuswamy is the International Law expert for the Working Group of UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee (IBC) which took the issue of cloning on its agenda in January 2008.
 

ESRC Stem Cell Initiative

Aurora Plomer is a member of the ESRC Policy Impact committee for Stem Cell initiative.
 

UK Intellectual Property Office

SIBLE is one of the selected providers of research services for the five-year research programme developed by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property.
 

International Association of Bioethics
 

Chamu Kuppuswamy was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Association of Bioethics, 2009-2012.
 

Sheffield and Leeds NHS Trusts and EU TREAT-NMD
 

Lynn Hagger has been involved in knowledge transfer within a range of healthcare contexts which enables the organisations to access my skills and expertise to help them develop. This includes assisting strategic change, engagement in European collaborations and infl uencing national and international policy.
 

American Association for the Advancement of Science
 

Aurora Plomer is a member of the AAAS Science and Human Rights committee on Science, Ethics and Human

Rights Human Developmental Biology Resource (HDBR)
 

Aurora Plomer is a member of the UK´s Medical Research Council´s expert committee on HDBR.
 

National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care NIGB.
 

Mark Taylor chaired the Research Database Working Group between February and September 2010. The group that considered the legal and ethical issues arising from use of health information in electronic research databases.