Dr Joseph Millum

Dr Joseph Millum

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2177
Email
jrm39@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Dr. Millum is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at 58³Ô¹Ï 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 58³Ô¹Ï, 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. His books include Global Justice and Bioethics (2012), The Moral Foundations of Parenthood (2018), Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness (2020), and A Theory of Bioethics (2021). Full texts of Dr. Millum's articles are available at .

Selected publications

  • 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 › Editorial › peer-review

  • 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 › Article › peer-review

  • Millum, J. & Pierson, L., 14 Oct 2025, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 391, p. r2151

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  • 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 › Article › peer-review

  • Millum, J. & Brake, E., 27 Oct 2025, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • 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 › Article › peer-review

  • 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 › Article › peer-review

  • 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 › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Millum, J., 9 Jul 2024, In: Wellcome Open Research. 9, 20 p., 203.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Millum, J., 5 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Practical Ethics. 11, 2, p. 73-93 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review