Nikola Biller-Andorno
German and Swiss bioethicist
Nikola Biller-Andorno (born 1971) is a physician, philosopher, and bioethicist with German and Swiss nationality. She is Professor and Chair of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Zurich and Director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics. Her research focuses on biomedical ethics and health policy, with particular attention to health-system governance, patient-centred care, digital health and artificial intelligence, and global public health ethics. She has worked in ethics at the World Health Organization, held a professorship in medical ethics at Charité Berlin, served as president of the International Association of Bioethics, and is a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.
Early life and education
Biller-Andorno studied medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where she passed the state medical examination in 1996 and received a Dr. med. in 1997. She also studied philosophy at the University of Hagen, receiving an M.A. in 1996 and a Dr. phil. in 2001.
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