Pete Mills
@PeterFRMills
Director @PHGFoundation, making science work for health; navigating the intersections of (life)science, ethics and public policy; all views here my own
Come and work with the @PHGFoundation. We are recruiting a senior policy analyst with expertise/interest in law, ethics and policy for genomics, data and related health applications. If that could be you take a look: phgfoundation.org/vacancies/
We're recruiting! @PHGFoundation we're looking for a policy analyst to join our humanities team and help us shape the social, ethical, legal and policy conditions that make innovation in genomics, biomarkers, data and AI work for health. Cambridge based: phgfoundation.org/vacancies/
"Scientists and genetic engineers are becoming increasingly adept at editing the human genome. How far can—and should—they go in editing future generations?" Just received my copy of The Promise and Peril of #CRISPR. Available here and elsewhere: press.jhu.edu/books/title/12…
Last few places available for tomorrow evening's WYNG-Hatton lecture on #AI policy as a contact sport: eventbrite.co.uk/e/2024-wyng-ha…
A few places still available - and bit of time left to register - eventbrite.co.uk/e/2024-wyng-ha… All attendees are invited to join us for a drink and a chat after
Current state of play in precision medicine mdpi.com/2075-4426/14/4… from co-authors William Evans, Nadeem Qureshi and Joe Kai (PRISM @UniofNottingham) & PHG senior fellow @emmeslin. #polygenicscores #omics #BigData & (of course) #ArtificialIntelligence
Less than a month to go until the 2024 WYNG-Hatton lecture, 17 April (evening) in Cambridge. Eric Meslin will speak on #ArtificialIntelligence Policy as a Contact Sport: Why #Bioethics and Governance Need to Up Their Game in the Health Sector. Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/2024-wyng-ha….
Our @PHGFoundation biomedical analyst, Heather Turner, reviews new evidence from use of rapid long-read metagenomic sequencing to inform prescribing in lower respiratory tract infections: phgfoundation.org/blog/rapid-met….
#DirectSenat le Sénat adopte avec 267 voix pour et 50 contre le #PJLC visant à garantir la liberté de la femme de recourir à l'#IVG
Great to see this published - includes an open access chapter on the work we did @Nuffbioethics.
I'm looking forward to diving into this one. A place for STS, by Jane Calvert @mitpress (Open Access) direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monog…
Ethics framework for UKBiobank, from EGC to ECG, has been innovative and vital, and will only become more so in the next decade. So pleased that @CathJoynson is now involved, too.
A call out to all ethics friends - current and future! We are looking for some new faces for the UK Biobank Ethics Advisory Committee - please circulate widely
Help us to 'make science work for health'. There’s still time to apply to become our new director of external comms (closing 4 Jan). Details here: phgfoundation.org/vacancy-direct… #genomics #SciPol #healthpolicy #personalisedmedicine
Help us to 'make science work for health'. We're looking for a director of external comms with experience in public affairs and health/science policy. Details: phgfoundation.org/news/vacancy-d…… DM for an informal chat. #genomics #SciPol #healthpolicy #personalisedmedicine
Start the new year with a fresh challenge! We're looking for a director of external comms with experience in public affairs and health/science policy. Details: phgfoundation.org/news/vacancy-d… Interested? DM for an informal chat. #genomics #SciPol #healthpolicy #personalisedmedicine
We're recruiting! Are you an experienced policy and public affairs professional looking to progress your career in a small and highly respected health policy think-tank where you can make a real difference? Details: phgfoundation.org/vacancy-direct…
it's here. the FDA just approved the first CRISPR therapy fda.gov/news-events/pr… i wrote about how sickle cell became the first genetic disease to be treated with CRISPR 👇
on a personal level, very cool to go from covering the early days of crispr in a lab to covering the very first crispr treatment approved in humans. only took a little more than a decade! (lightning fast, relatively speaking) theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Heat, Health and Human Genetics - if you’re following #COP28 and are interested in the effects of climate change on human health you should read our new @PHGFoundation report published this week: phgfoundation.org/report/heat-he…
Enjoying a presentation on the legal status of synthetic data from my @PHGFoundation colleague @_MitchellCR live by satellite from Cambridge UK to Hong Kong. Read our report on this subject at phgfoundation.org/report/are-syn…

Great to be in Hong Kong for the exceptional line up of talks arranged by CMEL, and a chance to meet up with many friends and colleagues from around the world.
Regulatory Governance of #Genomics & Reproductive Technologies 🌐 Hong Kong & ZOOM 📆 4-6 December 2023 📢 Programme ‼️ cmel.hku.hk/wp-content/upl… ✅ Register ✅ cmel.hku.hk/events/regulat… #HealthLaw #Bioethics #ReproEthics @HKULaw @HKUMed @HKU_MEHU