Dr Gabrielle Samuel

Dr Gabrielle (Gabby) Samuel is a lecturer in Environmental Justice and Health at King's College London, UK. She is a visiting scholar in the CELS-Oxford research group.

Her main research interests relate to the ethical, social and regulatory issues associated with data-driven technologies used in health research. Her research draws mainly on qualitative  methods, and explores ethical and social issues spanning a range of innovative biotechnologies, including biobanking, genomics, forensic/health genetic technologies, and AI health technologies. She has a particular interest in the environmental impacts of big data and AI technologies, as they pertain to health research. 

She has a particular interest in the environmental impacts associated with health research and care and has written extensively on this topic. 

Gabby completed her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, her PhD in Genetics at the University of Adelaide, and a two-year genetics post-doctoral position at the University of Sydney (Australia), before retraining as a social scientist, firstly undertaking an MA in Bioethics and then a second PhD, in biomedical ethics, via exploring the ethical and social issues surrounding the use of fMRI for severely brain-injured individuals. 

Gabby acts as Associate Editor for both the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics and the Humanities & Social Sciences Communications journal. She is co-Director of SHADE - a research group and network at the intersection of Sustainability, Health, AI, Digital technologies, and the Environment. She is a member of the Digital Environmental Sustainability Ethics and Clinical Ethics and Law in Society research groups at Oxford University, and co-Chairs the international Digital Health and Climate Crisis group. She’s a member of the UK Biobank Ethics Advisory Committee. She is a frequent contributor to national and international roundtables, workshops and policy discussions in the area of bioethics, technology, health and the environment.