Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran and Monash UniversityAustralia

Dr. Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki is a certified physician (M.D.) and a bioethicist (Ph.D.). For 18 years, he has been actively involved in teaching various undergraduate and post-graduate educational programs and conducting extensive research in diverse fields of bioethics, including research ethics, clinical ethics, public health ethics, and bioethics governance. He has assumed pivotal roles such as Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Secretary of the National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research, Senior Advisor and Secretary of the Medical Ethics Committee at Iran Medical Council, and Secretary of the Medical Ethics Group at the Iran Academy of Medical Sciences. During this tenure, he played a crucial role in establishing national systems of research ethics, clinical ethics, professional ethics, and public health ethics. Additionally, he spearheaded the development of the Iran Medical Council Code of Ethics and The Iran Healthcare Professionals' Charter of Rights. Dr. Shamsi's engagement with the international arena of bioethics commenced at the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2010, followed by fellowships at the University of Zurich and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Since 2018, he has been appointed by the UNESCO Director-General as a member of the IBC, assuming the Vice-chair position in 2023. Currently, Dr Shamsi serves as a consultant for WHO clinical ethics guidance and holds the esteemed position of Vice-chair of the WHO Ethics Review Committee (ERC), of which he has been a member since 2021. In 2023, Dr. Shamsi started a new role as a lecturer at the Monash University Bioethics Centre.