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Julie Kent (sociologist)

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Julie Kent
Born1957 (age 66–67)[1]
Known forBioethics, cell therapy, feminist bioethics, biobased economies
Scientific career
FieldsBioethics, cell therapy, feminist bioethics, biobased economies
InstitutionsUniversity of the West of England

Dr. Julie Kent (born 1957)[1] is a Professor of Sociology at the University of the West of England.[2]

Career

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Kent obtained her Bachelors of Science in Sociology degree from the University of Bath in 1990. She then later graduated from the University of Bristol with a PhD in sociology in 1995, and in 2007 became a professor of Sociology of Health Technology. Kent was a member of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MRHA) Committee on Safety Devices and is now Chair of the University Research Ethics Committee at the University of the West of England.[3]

At the 2006 Stem Cell Ethics Workshop in London, Kent gave a lecture on ethics and regulations in the world of the fetus alongside Professor Naomi Pfeffer.[4]

In late 2012, along with Dr. Maria Fannin from the University of Bristol, Kent won a grant from the Wellcome Trust to fund a research project into placental tissue.[5]

Kent has received more than £224,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council. One grant was worth more than £79,000 for research into tissue and cell technologies,[6] and another was worth more than £145,000 for fetal stem cell research.[7]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Kent, Julie (2000). Social perspectives on pregnancy and chilbirth for midwives, nurses and the caring professions. Buckingham Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335199112.
  • Kent, Julie (2012). Regenerating bodies : tissue and cell therapies in the twenty-first century. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415688819.

Book chapters

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  • Kent, Julie; Meulen, Rudd ter (2011), "Public trust and public bodies: the regulation of the use of human tissue for research in the United Kingdom.", in Lenk, Christian; Sándor, Judit; Gordijn, Bert (eds.), Biobanks and tissue research the public, the patient and the regulation, Dordrecht Netherlands: Springer, pp. 17–36, ISBN 9789400716728

Journal articles

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Contributions

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  • Webster, Andrew. New Technologies in Health Care: Challenge, Change and Innovation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Print.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "VIAF". Julie Kent. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ^ Kent, Julie. "Professor of Sociology". University of the West of England. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Professor Julie Kent - UWE Bristol". people.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Stem Cell Ethics Workshop" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Dr Maria Fannin wins Wellcome Trust small grant for placental tissue research project". University of Bristol, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Regenerating bodies: tissue and cell technologies in the 21st century". Economic and Social Research Council (grant ref: RES-350-27-0004). 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Forgotten fetuses-a sociocultural analysis of the use of fetal stem cells". Economic and Social Research Council, (grant ref: RES-340-25-0002). 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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