Biography

Stephen Molldrem is an Assistant Professor in Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Stephen’s work in TB is a focal area in his research program on the ethical and social implications of pathogen genomics. Stephen works across Science and Technology Studies, empirical bioethics, and Implementation Science to understand and shape the implementation of next-generation sequencing technologies in global TB elimination policy and Botswana’s TB response. His collaborative research with partners based in the US, Germany, and Botswana has been funded by two bioethics supplements from the US National Institutes of Health.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Laying the groundwork for the ethical implementation of genomic sequencing for TB in Botswana

Impact details available upon request.

Source: Conference 2024