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Michael J. Selgelid

Michael J. Selgelid is a senior research fellow in the Centre for
Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) at Australian National University in
Canberra, where he is also director of a World Health Organization (WHO)
Collaborating Centre for Bioethics and deputy director of the National Centre for
Biosecurity.