Professor Loane Skene LLD (UMelb), LLM (Mon), LLB (Hons) (UMelb), is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Knowledge Transfer, in the Melbourne Law School and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee of The National Health and Medical Research Council and has served on numerous federal and state advisory committees, especially in relation to genetics and the law.
In 2005, she was Deputy Chair of the Lockhart Committee on Human Cloning and Embryo Research and became principal spokesperson for the Committee after the sudden death of the Chair, the late Justice Lockhart AO, in January 2006. She is the author of two books on medical law, (including Law and Medical Practice, 3rd ed, LexisNexis Sydney, 2008); and numerous chapters in books and articles in Australian and overseas legal, medical and scientific journals. In 2003, she was awarded a Centenary Medal for ‘Service to Australian Society through the Exploration of Legal and Ethical Issues of Health Care’ and in 2007 she was named by the Australian Financial Review among Australia's most powerful cultural figures.
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Human Oocytes For Stem Cell Research: Donation And Regulation In Australia
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Should doctors share gene tests after a death in the family?
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Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of a complex genetic counselling intervention to..
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Legal And Ethical Regulation Of The Use And Commercialisation Of Human Biological Material
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Property interests in human tissue: Is the law still an ass?
Book Chapter
Communicating Genetic Information In Families: Practical, Legal, Social And Ethical Issues
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Current grants
2008-2010 ARC Linkage grant: LP0882054, $215,000 with A/Prof CJ Waldby (USyd); A/Prof I Kerridge (USyd); Collaborating/Partner Organisation, Westmead Fertility Services Human Oöcytes for Stem Cell Research: donation and regulation in Australia (administered by USyd)
2005-2009 ARC Discovery Project Grant DP0559760, $601,597, with Prof DR Chalmers; Dr D Nicol; Prof MF Otlowski; Facilitation and Regulation of Research and Development Involving Human Genetic Databanks (administered by UTas)
2006-2007 ARC Linkage International LX0668594, $20,000 with Prof DR Chalmers and others (administered by UTas)
2005 ARC Research Network Grant,
2004-2005 ARC Research Networks Grant: ELSAH (Interdisciplinary Network for Research into the Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Health); 0,000 with C Jordens and others (2005-2005) (Later became Biotechnology, Health and Environment Network: Ethical, Legal and Social Intersections http://www.griffith.edu.au/govnet) (administered by Griffith University)
2002-2004 ARC Discovery Project Grant DP0208258, $364,323 with Prof DRC Chalmers, Dr D Nichol, Prof MFA Otlowski, Legal and Ethical Regulation of the Use and Commercialisation of Human Biological Material (administered by UTas)
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Centenary Medal for ~Service to Australian society through the Exploration of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care~
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Honorary
Law
Committee Member
Australian Health Ethics Committee, NHMRC
Council Member
Melbourne College of Divinity
Ethics Committee Member
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Board Member
Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health, Law and Ethics (ANZIHLE)
Barrister & Solicitor
Supreme Court of Victoria
Education
Education
Doctor of Laws
University of Melbourne
Master of Laws
Monash University
Bachelor of Laws
University of Melbourne