Biobanking and Privacy Laws in Australia

Don Chalmers¹

• ¹Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tasmania. He is a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. He has served as Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Health Ethics Committee from 1993 - 2000; the Commonwealth Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee from 2002-2012; and the Australian Red Cross Ethics Committee 2000-2010. He has also served on many other medical and health bodies. His major research interests focus on medical research ethics and the regulatory aspects of genetics and biobanks.