Dr Helen Smith
Dip. H. E., RN, BSc, MA, PhD
Expertise
Helen is a Registered Nurse with wide-ranging research interests: ethics/law of artificial intelligence, clinical decision-making, bioethics, astroethics, EDI, and reasonable adjustments for autistic and neurodivergent clinicians
Current positions
Honorary Senior Research Associate in Bioethics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Biography
Currently, I am a Research Associate in Engineering Ethics for the Center for Ethics in Medicine, working closely with Bristol Robotics Lab with the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Functionality project.
Additionally, I am also undertaking empirical work that explores the use of reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians in Great Britain.
Research interests
I am a Registered Nurse and Honorary Senior Research Associate in Bioethics the Center for Ethics in Medicine.
My interests include:
- the ethical and legal issues that arise from the adoption of novel technologies in society
- inclusion (i.e. justice, equity, and diversity) of marginalised person(s) in society
- the ethical and legal challenges of humanity's exploration and exploitation of space
I am currently leading two empirical projects: one investigates professional ethical guidance for healthcare use of artificial intelligence (PEG-AI). The other explores the use of reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians in Great Britain.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Professional Ethical Guidance for Healthcare AI Use
Principal Investigator
Description
An empirical bioethics research project.
This pilot research will investigate what the contents of professional ethical guidance should be, in the context of clinicians using artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare contexts.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2024 to 31/07/2024
Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Clinicians (RAAC)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2022 to 31/01/2023
Publications
Selected publications
14/09/2022Inclusivity in TAS research
Journal of Responsible Technology
Artificial intelligence in clinical decision-making: Rethinking liability
Medical Law International
Exploring Remedies for Defective Artificial Intelligence Aids in Clinical Decision Making in post-Brexit England and Wales
Medical Law International
Principles for pandemics
BMC Medical Ethics
Algorithmic bias
AI and Society
Recent publications
09/04/2024Responsible AI governance: A response to UN interim report on governing AI for humanity
Adaptable Robots, Ethics, and Trust
AI and Society
Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Decision-Making
The New Bioethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Biotechnology and the Body
The pitfalls of probes
AI and Society
Accidental injustice: Healthcare AI legal responsibility must be prospectively planned prior to its adoption
Future Healthcare Journal
Thesis
Artificial intelligence use in clinical decision-making
Supervisors
Award date
27/09/2022
Related people
Dr Giles Birchley
Lecturer in Healthcare Law and Ethics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Jonathan Ives
Professor of Empirical Bioethics and Head of Population Health Sciences
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Mari-Rose Kennedy
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Pete Winter
Senior Research Associate
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies