Effy Vayena
Swiss-Greek professor of Bioethics and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
About Effy Vayena
Born 1972. Effy Vayena is a Greek and Swiss bioethicist, university teacher and historian of science.
Bioethics Vayena is a specialist in the area of digital health ethics, health data governance, personalised medicine ethics, research ethics, ethics of genomics, health data governance and digital bioethics. She had focused on the normative aspects of independent oversight as well as the procedural principles that should guide independent oversight for digital health technologies. She chaired the WHO expert group that issued the "Ethical Considerations to guide the use of digital proximity tracking technologies for COVID-19 contact tracing" and in this role she considered the role of contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Awards and honors She is an elected member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Who is Effy Vayena?
Swiss-Greek professor of Bioethics and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
When was Effy Vayena born?
Effy Vayena was born in 1972 in Lefkada.
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Effy Vayena is a bioethicist, university teacher and historian of science.
What nationality is Effy Vayena?
Effy Vayena is Greek and Swiss.
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