Our People

Dr David Albert Jones is the Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford (courtesy of whom, profile picture left), Professor of Bioethics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and Vice-Chair of the Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee.

Christopher M. Wojtulewicz is Education and Research Officer at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. He is also a Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism; Free Research Associate at KU Leuven; Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the Maryvale Institute; and occasional lecturer both at Allen Hall and St Mary’s College, Oscott.

Gwen McCourt is Administrator at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre.

Peter D. Williams is Media and Communications Manager at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. He previously worked as a right-to-life campaigner, and has over a decade of experience in Catholic media advocacy and public apologetics, having been involved in the Catholic Voices project since its inception for the Papal Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the UK in September 2010.

Michael Wee is a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life and a former Education and Research Officer at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. He is currently working on a PhD on moral epistemology after Wittgenstein at the University of Durham.

Dr Xavier Symons is Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute of Ethics and Society of the University of Notre Dame Australia in Sydney, and a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Plunkett Centre for Ethics of the Australian Catholic University.

Prof. Martínez is Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Prof. Ryan Meade is the Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Dr Toni Saad is a junior doctor currently based in Cardiff. He is editor for book reviews at The New Bioethics.

Prof. Stephan Kampowski is professor of philosophical anthropology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Rome.

Dr Thomas Finegan is Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.

Fr. Nicanor Austriaco is Professor of Biology and Professor of Theology at Providence College in Providence, RI. He is also a Research Fellow at the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.

Professor Anselm Müller, a former student of Elizabeth Anscombe, is a Chicago Moral Philosophy Seminar Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago.

Prof. Daniel Sulmasy is Acting Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University and a Senior Research Scholar. He holds a joint appointment at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, and is the inaugural Andre Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics, with co-appointments in the Departments of Philosophy and Medicine at Georgetown.

The late Prof. Joseph Boyle was Professor of Philosophy, Fellow and Former Principal (1991-2002) at St. Michael’s College, Toronto and a Member of the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto.

Prof. John Keown is Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

Dr Thomas Finegan is Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.

Fr Robert Gay teaches moral theology and bioethics at Blackfriars Hall and Studium. He is a Governor of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, and is a member of the Advisory Board for a Catholic Investment Fund. Fr Robert was elected Prior to the Holy Spirit Priory, Oxford, in May 2018. He is also JCR Chaplain and Welfare Officer, providing pastoral and spiritual support to Hall and Studium students.

Dr Stephen Barrie is Deputy Director of Ethics and Engagement at the Church of England Pensions Board, where he works across the Board’s investment stewardship activities. He is a Director of the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative, and a trustee director of the Church Investors Group.

Bishop Kevin Doran is Bishop of Elphin in Ireland.

Bishop John Sherrington is an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Hilta. Within the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, he is a member of the Department for Social Justice with responsibility for life issues. As well as being a Governor of the Anscombe Centre he is also Chair of the Governing Body of Mater Ecclesiae College, Co-Chair of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission, and a Trustee of (respectively) the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in London, the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, and All Hallows College in Dublin.

Prof. Patricia Casey is Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin, and consultant psychiatrist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.

Dr Gavin Jarvis is Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Sunderland, and a qualified veterinary surgeon (non-practising).

Dr Pia Matthews is a senior lecturer at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and a lecturer at Allen Hall Seminary in Chelsea.

Prof. David Paton is Professor of Industrial Economics at the Nottingham University Business School.

Prof. John Keown is Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

Prof. Ilina Singh is Professor of Neuroscience and Society at the University of Oxford.

Prof. Alasdair M. J. MacLullich is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

Professor of Human Rights and Equality Law, Queen’s University, Belfast

Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics & Perinatology, University College London

Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church

Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews

Burden Professor and Director of the Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, University of Bristol
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The Anscombe Bioethics Centre is supported by the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, but has also always relied on donations from generous individuals, friends and benefactors.