Dr Christopher Degeling PhD, BVSc, MRCVS
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Biographical details
Chris has recently returned to Sydney after a year at the Population Health Intervention Research Centre at the University of Calgary, having previously been in veterinary practice in Australia and the UK. His research focuses on unraveling the networks embedded within health care practices (for both humans and nonhumans) - such as diagnostic tests or public health measures, and how they are shaped by events, processes, values and meaning to meet social, medical and technological needs.
Research interests
Chris Degeling research interests include:
Medical Philosophy and Ethics: particularly in regards to human-animal health relationships.
Population Health
Public Health Ethics
Science and Technology Studies
Evidence in Surgery
Ethics of Animal Experimentation
Teaching areas
Bioethics
Science and Technology Studies
History and Philosophy of Medicine
International links
Canada. (Population Health Intervention Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary) Active Research Grants:
2011+ Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Novel insights into how health is generated in urban settings: A natural experiment study of off-leash areas, Institute of Population and Public Health Population Health Intervention Research Strategic Competition.
2011+ Population Health Intervention Research Network (PHIRNET). The Ethics of the Everyday: Exploring the impact of dog-ownership on social inclusion and the health of human populations..