Dr Joseph Millum
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 2177
- jrm39@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Biography
Dr. Millum is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at St 糖心logo University. He also serves as a consultant to the World Health Organisation and he is the Chairperson of the International Society for Priorities in Health. Prior to arriving at St 糖心logo, Dr. Millum worked at the US National Institutes of Health for 15 years - in the Clinical Center Department of Bioethics and the Fogarty International Center.
Research areas
Dr. Millum's research spans various topics in bioethics and applied ethics. These include: (1) Health care priority-setting; (2) Health research priority-setting; (3) Consent; (4) The ethics of research with human participants; (5) Bioethical theory; (6) The ethics of parenthood.听His books include听Global Justice and Bioethics (2012),听The Moral Foundations of Parenthood听(2018),听Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness听(2020), and听A Theory of Bioethics听(2021). Full texts of Dr. Millum's articles are available at听.
PhD supervision
- Tianchi听Hao
Selected publications
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Open access
Millum, J., 17 Jun 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bioethics. Early View
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Millum, J., Aguilera, B., Bhaumik, S., Galvagni, E., Littler, K., Munung, N. S., Pierson, L. & Pratt, B., 1 Jun 2026, In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 104, 6, p. 370-370A
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Editorial 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Bromwich, D. & Millum, J., 11 Feb 2026, In: Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs. 2, 1, p. 30-60
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Millum, J. & Pierson, L., 14 Oct 2025, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 391, p. r2151
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Comment/debate
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Open access
Millum, J., 12 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Philosophy. Early View, 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Millum, J. & Brake, E., 27 Oct 2025, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Open access
Harcarik, L., Kim, S. Y. H. & Millum, J., 1 Mar 2025, In: Bioethics. 39, 3, p. 288-295 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Millum, J., 7 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal of Bioethics. 25, 7, p. 139-140
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
McCartney, M., Metsis, K., Orr, K., Millum, J., Wilkes, A. & Sullivan, F., 18 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Open. 15, 9, p. 1-9 9 p., e103058.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Millum, J., 9 Jul 2024, In: Wellcome Open Research. 9, 20 p., 203.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Review article 鈥� peer-review
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