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Tania Moerenhout

Senior Lecturer - GP

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University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka

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Biography

Tania Moerenhout is a Senior Lecturer at the Bioethics Department of the University of Otago and a general practitioner in Ōtepoti Dunedin. She graduated as a general practitioner in Belgium in 2009 and completed a PhD in philosophy at Ghent University in 2019 before moving to Aotearoa in 2020. Her main research interest lies in digital health ethics, with a focus on integrating ethical considerations into technology design, digital assistive technologies for older adults, the ethical use of artificial intelligence in primary care, and the secondary use of routinely collected healthcare data. Tania is a member of the National Ethics Advisory Committee and of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ ethics committee. She is also a principal investigator for AIMCura, an MBIE-AI Singapore-funded project aiming to develop an AI-driven platform for cognitive health in older adults.

Research Projects and Ideas

Current projects:
- AIMCura (MBIE - AI Singapore): integration of ethical considerations into health technology design (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41774298/)
- University of Otago Research Grant: stakeholder co-design study to explore perceptions, requirements, and ethical considerations in AI-assisted injury risk prediction for older New Zealanders
Future project ideas:
- AI scribe use in primary care and the ED: interview study with a focus on ethical considerations
- Anything AI ethics!

Collaborations and Skills

I can offer ethics expertise to any projects seeking to integrate ethical considerations into the design, development, and/or deployment of AI tools in health care. This can include conceptual analysis and empirical research. Empirical methods are mainly qualitative, aimed at co-design with stakeholders. I can also function as an ethics advisor on projects.

Connections of interest

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AI Speciality(s):

AI Ethics

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Health Speciality(s):

Primary Care

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