Heather draper biography

Heather Draper joined the University of Warwick in 2017, taking up the newly established Chair of Bioethics in Warwick Medical School.

Heather draper biography

Heather studied Theology before completing her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Manchester but chose to develop her bioethics career within medical schools rather than remaining in Philosophy. Her research therefore strives to bridge the distinctive research cultures of medicine and applied philosophy.

As a bioethicist researcher she engaged in inter- and multi- disciplinary research, including working with health technology developers. Since the early 2000s she has introduced methods from social science into her research, using a methodology called 'empirical ethics'.

Her research has been funded by UKRI, NIHR and the EU. She has worked on transplantation/donation ethics, pandemics, clinical ethics, military medical ethics, care robotics, assisted reproduction and parenting ethics. She has nearly 200 publications -