FOURTH PORTAL
GATEWAY TO THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Dr David Townend is Professor of Health and Life Sciences Law and is Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the City Law School.
His expertise is in the nature of the key concepts of privacy, confidentiality, property and the public interest. He is also interested in the interplay between Law, Ethics and Manners, and in the potential of the application of the theory of politeness in governance. He explores these concepts in the practical areas of personal data protection (and particularly the use of personal data in health and life science research); patients' rights and the governance and regulation of healthcare; the operation of research ethics committees; and, ethics and justice in Equity and Trusts. His work is located in the socio-legal studies tradition, and much of his current empirical work concerns public engagement in relation to the understanding of the key concepts and practical areas he studies.
He works with data scientists, with medical researchers and with ethicists and philosophers. He is currently involved in two research projects that are developing apps in health care (CARRIER and DACIL), and one exploring the governance of Research Ethics Committees (iRECS). His is working on a monograph on reimagining data protection law, and on the application of Rawls’ Theory of Justice in Equity and Trust cases.
At City Law School, Townend teaches courses in Equity and Trusts, medical law, and research law and ethics.
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