Abha Saxena is a bioethicist and global health specialist. She was trained as an anesthesiologist, and practiced medicine for several years before moving to the World Health Organization in 2001. There she was heavily involved in bioethics work, coordinating the WHO Research ethics committee and Global Health Ethics Team. Since 2018, Saxena has been a visiting professor at the University of Geneva and a Senior Bioethics adviser at the INCLEN Trust International.
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 Abha Saxena at Children's Hospital Boston | |
| Born | India |
| Alma mater | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy, 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy, International Philosophy, Global health ethics |
| School | Ethical philosophy |
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Education
editSaxena completed her undergraduate degree, MBBS, and MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where she trained as an anesthesiologist.[1]
Career
editSaxena was a member of the faculty of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi from 1986 to 1999, during which time she taught and conducted research in anesthesiology and palliative care.[1] For twenty years she practiced medicine actively in hospital and community-based research in India.
In 2001, she joined the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.[2] There, she managed the WHO Research ethics review committee from 2002 to 2018, and the Global Health Ethics Team from 2013 to 2018.[3] In May 2018, Saxena left the World Health Organization and is now a visiting professor at the University of Geneva and a Senior Bioethics adviser at the INCLEN Trust International.[3]
Personal life
editSaxena is married to Shekhar Saxena, also of the World Health Organization,[4] and together they live in Geneva, Switzerland. They have two adult daughters.[5][better source needed].
Select publications
edit- Cash, R, Wikler, D, Saxena, A., Capron, A. Casebook on Ethical Issues in International Health Research, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2009, 2010. Translated into five languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. ISBN 9789241547727; second edition forthcoming. ISBN 978 92 4 154772 7 (NLM classification: W 20.5).
- Saxena, A, Gomes, M. Ethical challenges to responding to the Ebola epidemic: The World Health Organization experience. Clinical Trials 2006 (January):13(1). doi:10.1177/1740774515621870.
References
edit- ^ a b "Abha Saxena (Chair)". Target Malaria. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Brief Bio" (PDF). Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Alumni - Abha Saxena". University of Geneva. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, under Journal Ethics Committee for her and International Advisory Board for him". Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ LinkedIn profile for Tanvi Saxena
External links
edit- Global Health Ethics of the World Health Organization
- ResearchGate profile for Abha Saxena, MD, where most published articles can be downloaded.