Jane Kaye BA, Grad Dip Leg, LLB, DPhil

Prof. Jane Kaye D.Phil., L.L.B. Grad Dip Leg. BA is the Director of the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies at Oxford: HeLEX at the University of Oxford. She obtained her degrees from the Australian National University (BA); University of Melbourne (LLB); and University of Oxford (DPhil). She was admitted to practice as a solicitor/barrister in 1997 and is a member of the University of Oxford’s Faculty of Law. She is also on a number of international expert committees and scientific advisory boards and has been on the UK Ethics and Confidentiality Committee of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care , the Nuffield Council Bioethics Working Group on Biodata and Rapporteur for the EC Expert Report,

Jane Kaye is Director of the Centre for Law, Health and Emerging Technologies at Oxford: (HeLEX) based in the Department of Public Health at the University of Oxford. She obtained her degrees from the Australian National University (BA); University of Melbourne (LLB); and University of Oxford (DPhil). She was admitted to practice as a solicitor/barrister in 1997. She is advisor to a number of F7 projects and on the Sample and Ethics Committee of the 1000 Genomes Project; International Scientific Advisory Board Canadians for Tomorrow Project; UK10K Ethics Advisory Group and Chair of the CARTaGENE International Scientific Advisory Board, Canada. She is also on the editorial boards of Law, Innovation and Technology, Journal of Law and Information Science, and Genomics, Policy and Society.

Her research involves investigating the relationships between law, ethics, and practice in the area of emerging technologies in health. The main focus is on genomics with an emphasis on biobanks, privacy, data-sharing frameworks, global governance and translational research.