Dr Hojjat Soofi
Sydney School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Program Coordinator, Master of Bioethics, Sydney Health Ethics
Dr Hojjat (Hoji) Soofi is a Lecturer in Bioethics at Sydney Health Ethics (School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health). He is a pharmacist by training and an early career bioethics researcher/educator. He received his PhD and MRes in bioethics from Macquarie University in October 2021 and April 2018, respectively. He is also an alumnus of Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics (KU Leuven, Radboud University Nijmegen, and the University of Padua). Before joining Sydney Health Ethics in January 2023, he was an MQCR Postdoctoral Fellow at, then, Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE).
- Ethics in dementia care/research
- Ethics in long-term aged care settings
- Autonomy and informed consent
- Dignity
- Vulnerability
Hoji is a member ofSydney Bioethics Program team. He currently teaches the following units of study:
Clinical Ethics (BETH5204)
Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics (BETH5209)
Here are some of the feedback comments students have made on the units taught by Hoji at the University of Sydney:
"Very well done for a topic I was a bit dubious about and I have actually changed my clinical approach to thinking and although I am not sure I am on the right thinking track I am interested in looking further into this subject."
"Structure and organisation of the unit was excellent - readings were interesting, varied, not insurmountable; lectures were fantastic; discussions were great."
"I really enjoyed the structure of the semester, it was very well paced. The assessments were interesting and diverse."
"Hoji is a great instructor. His lecture materials and format of running classes, really benefited us interms of stimulating us to think and reason about key ethics issues. Enjoyed this class."
"There was a very logical progression to the topics which was satisfying and built upon prior learning. Appropriate areas of contention were highlighted well. The choice of readings was excellent."
"The content was excellent and Hoji's teaching was direct, well-ordered, and engaging."
Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL)
2022 Ramy Razavian Dean’s Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research in Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University
Publications
Journals
- Soofi, H. (2023). Non-clinical uses of antipsychotics in resource-constrained long-term care facilities: ethically justifiable as lesser of two evils? Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(10), 694-698. [More Information]
- Soofi, H. (2022). Ethical aspects of facilitating the recruitment of people with dementia for clinical trials: A call for further debate. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88(1), 22-26. [More Information]
- Soofi, H. (2022). Respect for Autonomy and Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Revising Beauchamp and Childress’s Account of Autonomous Decision-Making. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 19(3), 467-479. [More Information]
2023
- Soofi, H. (2023). Non-clinical uses of antipsychotics in resource-constrained long-term care facilities: ethically justifiable as lesser of two evils? Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(10), 694-698. [More Information]
2022
- Soofi, H. (2022). Ethical aspects of facilitating the recruitment of people with dementia for clinical trials: A call for further debate. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88(1), 22-26. [More Information]
- Soofi, H. (2022). Respect for Autonomy and Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Revising Beauchamp and Childress’s Account of Autonomous Decision-Making. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 19(3), 467-479. [More Information]
- Soofi, H. (2022). Using Antipsychotics for Self-Defense Purposes by Care Staff in Residential Aged Care Facilities: An Ethical Analysis. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 31(4), 487-495. [More Information]
2021
- Soofi, H. (2021). Normative force of appeals to personhood in dementia care: A critical examination of Kitwood's account of personhood. Bioethics, 35(9), 884-890. [More Information]
2018
- Soofi, H. (2018). Mode 2 Knowledge Production in the Context of Medical Research: A Call for Further Clarifications. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 15(1), 23-27. [More Information]
2016
- Soofi, H., van Leeuwen, E. (2016). Within and beyond the communal turn to informed consent in industry-sponsored pharmacogenetics research: merits and challenges of community advisory boards. Journal of Community Genetics, 7(4), 261-270. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2023
- FMH Start-up Scheme, Soofi H, Faculty of Medicine and Health/New Academic Staff Funding
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