Director of the Centre for Law, Health and Emerging Technologies at Oxford: HeLEX
Jane Kaye is Director of the Centre for Law,
Health and Emerging Technologies at Oxford: (HeLEX) based in the
Department of Public Health at the University of Oxford. She obtained
her degrees from the Australian National University (BA); University of
Melbourne (LLB); and University of Oxford (DPhil). She was admitted to
practice as a solicitor/barrister in 1997. She is advisor to a number of
F7 projects and on the Sample and Ethics Committee of the 1000 Genomes
Project; International Scientific Advisory Board Canadians for Tomorrow
Project; UK10K Ethics Advisory Group and Chair of the CARTaGENE
International Scientific Advisory Board, Canada. She is also on the
editorial boards of Law, Innovation and Technology, Journal of Law and
Information Science, and Genomics, Policy and Society.
Her research involves investigating the relationships between law, ethics, and practice in the area of emerging technologies in health. The main focus is on genomics with an emphasis on biobanks, privacy, data-sharing frameworks, global governance and translational research.