Danielle Hamm starts as Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Danielle joins us from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, where she was Associate Director of Campaigns and Policy. She has previously worked as Director of Compassion in Dying and as Senior Policy Manager at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, leading on policy development relating to sperm, egg and embryo donation. She has also been Ethics Advisor to the British Medical Association.

Danielle takes up the post following the recent retirement of previous Director Hugh Whittall. Her appointment was announced in January.

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