About the Southeast Asia Bioethics Network
Listening to communities. Strengthening ethics.Shaping Southeast Asia’s bioethics landscape.
About Us
The Southeast Asia Bioethics Network is a regional network of scholars, researchers, and practitioners working to strengthen ethical practice in health across Southeast Asia.
Through a Wellcome Trust Research Development Award (granted in 2021), the Network was intentionally developed as a homegrown initiative shaped by regional contexts rather than imported ethical frameworks. The Network is an initiative of bioethics scholars and researchers based at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya; the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit; and the National University of Singapore, Centre for Biomedical Ethics.
National University of Singapore
Centre for Biomedical Ethics
Universiti Malaya
Faculty of Law
Mahidol Oxford
Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Our work spans Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore, with collaboration across medicine, law, philosophy, public health, social sciences, and policy.
Community
Meet the people who drive bioethics growth in Southeast Asia
Meet the team
The Southeast Asia Bioethics Network brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars, bioethicists, researchers, and practitioners working across law, medicine, public health ethics, and the social sciences.
Our team collaborates to address ethical questions in healthcare and research through approaches grounded in Southeast Asian contexts and lived experience.
Together, we contribute regionally informed perspectives that strengthen ethical practice in healthcare across the region.
Our principal investigators
7The principal investigators provide academic leadership and guide the Network’s regionally grounded approach to bioethics, drawing from expertise across medicine, law, philosophy, public health, and health research ethics.
Professor Cheah Phaik Yeong
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Dr. Mohammad Firdaus Abdul Aziz
Universiti Malaya
Dr. Ong Ai Kiang, Serene
National University of Singapore
Associate Professor Sharon Kaur
Universiti Malaya
Associate Professor Tamra Lysaght
The University of Sydney
Dr. Voo Teck Chuan
SingHealth
Dr. Alex Phang Kean Chang
Universiti Malaya
Our researchers
1Our researchers contribute applied ethical analysis, community engagement, and interdisciplinary inquiry across diverse areas in healthcare, including work related to public health ethics and emerging technologies.
Ms. Napat Khirikoekkong
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU)
Our administrators
4Our administrators support coordination, communication, and operational management across the Network’s regional activities, ensuring that research, training, and collaborative projects run smoothly.
Dr. Tay Pek San
Universiti Malaya (Network Lead)
Dr. Wellester Anak Alvis
Universiti Malaya
Siti Nurliyana Binti Shaikh Mohd Salleh
Universiti Malaya
Lister Agau Anak Reminio
Universiti Malaya
Our advisory board members
9The advisory board comprises leading scholars and practitioners who offer strategic guidance, regional insight, and international perspectives on bioethics, medical ethics, and ethical governance.
Ms. Adrienne Hunt
Global Forum on Bioethics in Research
Dr. Carla Saenz
Pan American Health Organization
Professor Graeme Laurie
University of Edinburgh, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bioethics Review
Professor Jane Kaye
University of Oxford and University of Melbourne
Professor Jeremy Sugarman
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Kolitha Wickramage
International Organization for Migration
Professor Michael Parker
Oxford Ethox Centre
Dr. Katherine Littler
World Health Organization
Dr Dan O’ Connor
UK National Commission for UNESCO
Work with us to advance ethical research, strengthen global health equity, and support collaborative projects across the region.
Engage with the Southeast Asia Bioethics Network
We welcome collaboration with individuals and organisations working on ethics and health across Southeast Asia and beyond.