Megan Munsie PhD is a highly experienced interdisciplinary researcher who combines her scientific expertise with a deep understanding of the ethical, legal and societal implications of stem cell science and its clinical translation. Her work focuses on understanding community attitudes and expectation in regenerative medicine and other emerging technologies, and the development of policy and professional standards to enable responsible translation of stem cell and related research. Findings from her research have influenced policy reforms at a national and international level, and informed the design and delivery of educational resources for patients, healthcare professionals and the general public for over a decade.
She has been involved in stem cell research since the mid 1990s, has led public education and policy activities for a series of major Australian Government funded programs in stem cell science, and currently heads the preparedness program for the international Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW). She is also a Professor of Emerging Technology (Stem Cells) at the Melbourne Medical School and co-lead of the University of Melbourne Collaborative for Better Health and Regulation.
Megan is Vice President of the Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research and serves on advisory committees to peak national and international bodies including the International Society for Stem Cell Research and International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy. She has extensive experience in biotechnology and has also worked for ten years as a clinical embryologist in Australian IVF clinics. She completed her Masters and PhD at Monash University and her science degree at the Queensland University of Technology.
Megan Munsie PhD is a highly experienced interdisciplinary researcher who combines her scientific expertise with a deep understanding of the ethical, legal and societal implications of stem cell science and its clinical translation. Her work focuses...
Megan Munsie PhD is a highly experienced interdisciplinary researcher who combines her scientific expertise with a deep understanding of the ethical, legal and societal implications of stem cell science and its clinical translation. Her work focuses on understanding community attitudes and expectation in regenerative medicine and other emerging technologies, and the development of policy and professional standards to enable responsible translation of stem cell and related research. Findings from her research have influenced policy reforms at a national and international level, and informed the design and delivery of educational resources for patients, healthcare professionals and the general public for over a decade.
She has been involved in stem cell research since the mid 1990s, has led public education and policy activities for a series of major Australian Government funded programs in stem cell science, and currently heads the preparedness program for the international Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW). She is also a Professor of Emerging Technology (Stem Cells) at the Melbourne Medical School and co-lead of the University of Melbourne Collaborative for Better Health and Regulation.
Megan is Vice President of the Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research and serves on advisory committees to peak national and international bodies including the International Society for Stem Cell Research and International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy. She has extensive experience in biotechnology and has also worked for ten years as a clinical embryologist in Australian IVF clinics. She completed her Masters and PhD at Monash University and her science degree at the Queensland University of Technology.
Top Publications
Hyun, I, Munsie, M, Pera, MF, Rivron, NC, Rossant, J.
Toward Guidelines for Research on Human Embryo Models Formed from Stem Cells.
Stem Cell Reports
14(2)
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169 -174
2020
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Petersen, A, Munsie, M, Tanner, C, MacGregor, C, Brophy, J, Wathen, N, Harris, R, Wyatt, S, Pasveer, B, Synnes, O, et al.
Section 3: Locus of Care.
135 -180
2020
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Waldby, C, Hendl, T, Kerridge, I, Lipworth, W, Lysaght, T, Munsie, M, Stewart, C.
The direct-to-consumer market for stem cell-based interventions in Australia: exploring the experiences of patients.
Regenerative Medicine
15(1)
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1238 -1249
2020
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Zarzeczny, A, Tanner, C, Barfoot, J, Blackburn, C, Couturier, A, Munsie, M.
Contact us for more information: an analysis of public enquiries about stem cells.
Regenerative Medicine
14(12)
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1137 -1150
2019
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Petersen, A, Tanner, C, Munsie, M.
Navigating the cartographies of trust: how patients and carers establish the credibility of online treatment claims.
Sociology of Health & Illness
41(S1)
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50 -64
2019
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