The PatentsInHumans team is delighted to announce that it is currently recruiting two new positions, a Post-Doctoral Researcher and a Research Assistant.
PatentsInHumans is a 5-year European Research Council Starting Grant funded project led by Principal Investigator, Professor Aisling McMahon, which commenced on 1st November 2022. PatentsInHumans (www.patentsinhumans.eu) investigates the role of bioethics in the patenting and licensing of technologies related to the human body, including, for example, medicines, medical devices, isolated elements of the human body in Europe etc. The Project explores two related central research questions, namely: What are the potential bioethical implications that the grant and/or licensing of patents over technologies related to the human body have for how we treat, use, or modify our bodies? And how can such bioethical considerations be further incorporated within patent decision-making in Europe to facilitate a system where the patenting and licensing of such technologies addresses potential bioethical issues at stake?
As part of this project, we are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher. Under the supervision of Prof Aisling McMahon, the successful candidate will conduct empirical and desk-based research and analysis to gain insights over the types of bioethical issues that can be posed by patents over such technologies, and to develop an understanding of to what extent such bioethical issues are currently considered, if at all within the relevant legal systems in Europe, and potential challenges to engaging with such considerations.
Further details and information relating to the application process for the Post Doctoral Researcher post is available here. Closing date for applications is 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Thursday, 26th September 2024.
We are also seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to conduct research related to the legal understandings within the project focusing primarily on Work Packages 1 and 2. Under the supervision of Professor Aisling McMahon, the successful candidate will conduct research to further develop and examine bioethical issues that may arise related to the patent grant and licensing of technologies related to the human body, and avenues to engage with these. The successful candidate will conduct research related to case studies in such contexts under the direction of the Principal Investigator, to deepen understandings within the project around how patent grant, use and licensing of such technologies can impact how we treat, use and modify the body.
Further details and information relating to the application process for the Research Assistant post is available here. Closing date for applications is 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 22nd September 2024.
Successful candidates will join a dynamic, well-supported multidisciplinary team within the PatentsInHumans project which currently includes the Principal Investigator, a Post Doctoral Researcher and a Project Manager. They will be part of the research-intensive School of Law and Criminology and Assisting Living and Learning Institute (ALL) in Maynooth University. They will be supported in their personal career development plan throughout the project by Professor Aisling McMahon.