Simona Giordano

Biography

PhD 1996

Simona Giordano is Reader in Bioethics at the School of Law. She is Director of the medical ethics teaching in undergraduate medical education, at the Medical School in Manchester and member of the CSEP/iSEI. Simona Giordano graduated cum laude in philosophy at the University "La Sapienza of Rome", in 1996. She specialised in bioethics in 1997. She lives and works in Manchester since 1997. She has completed a PhD in psychiatric ethics in 2000. She has been Marie Curie Fellow from 2002 to 2004. She has researched on Ageism and Ethics of Health Care distribution.

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Teaching:

Reader in bioethics at the Law School (Masters degree in Health Care Ethics and Law).

Co-leader (with Soren Holm) of the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy Research Centre

Courses:

Philosophical Bioethics, MA/LLM, campus based

Philosophical Bioethics MA/LLM, distance learning

Ethics and Genetics MA/LLM, campus based

Ethics and Genetics MA/LLM, distance learning

Former Director of the medical ethics teaching in undergraduate medical education at the Medical School in Manchester. Teacher in Medical Humanities (e-learning) for Year 5 Medical Students.

Regularly involved in supervision of Master and PhD students.