Centre for Human Bioethics

Thank you for taking the time to visit the Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics (CHB). You will find here information about the Centre's staff, their research activities, our postgraduate degree programs, and our new undergraduate units. Our annual Intensive Bioethics Course, usually held at Mt Buffalo Chalet, attracts visitors from around Australia and many other countries, such as New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, Japan, China and South Africa.

Congratulations to Professor Peter Singer.

On the 18th of August, the winners of the Monash University 50th Anniversary Research Awards were announced at a function at Government House, Melbourne. Prof. Peter Singer was one of four Faculty of Arts researchers recognised by these Awards. Prof. Singer's many works in bioethics and applied philosophy have set the agenda in those fields for several decades. The influence of his work and his contribution to public debates nationally and internationally will be felt for many years to come. Prof. Singer and Assoc. Prof. Helga Kuhse established the Centre for Human Bioethics in 1980 as Australia's first research centre devoted to bioethics. Prof. Singer is now the Ira W. Decamp Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values, Princeton, and Laureate Professor, at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne.