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Professor Megan Best (PhD, MAAE, BMed(Hons), GradDipQHR, ClinDipPM, ATh) is Convenor of Bioethics and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame Australia's Institute for Ethics and Society. Megan has a background in clinical palliative care and is an authority on the spiritual dimensions of end-of-life care, as well as being a member of the executive for the European Association of Palliative Care Spiritual Care Reference Group, where she has impacted spiritual care education. She is a member of the Academy of Fellows at Centre for Bioethics and Human Dignity at Le Tourneau University, USA, and has consulted widely across the healthcare, aged care and higher education sectors. In addition to her four books, Megan is the author of dozens of published papers, reports and other works in the areas of bioethics, spiritual care and psychooncology.
Dr Bruce P. Blackshaw has published widely in bioethics and is an associate research fellow at the Bios Centre, London, United Kingdom. He has interests in reproductive ethics, personal identity and end-of-life issues, and was recently awarded his PhD in ethics from the University of Birmingham. He also has an extensive background in computer science and software engineering, and is a co-founder of a successful software company.
Professor David Jones is Professor in Bioethics at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, Clinical Professor at the Plunkett Centre for Ethics, Australian Catholic University and Committee Secretary to the Augustine Bioethics Network. Professor Jones read Natural Sciences and Philosophy at Cambridge (1984-1987), and Theology at Oxford (1992-2000). He is an examiner for the Society of Apothecaries’ Diploma in the Philosophy of Medicine. He is a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life and is a member of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE) Commission on Ethics. He was on a working party which helped draft the GMC guidance on Treatment and Care towards the End of Life in 2010 and, while not formally a member, regularly attended the Moral and Ethical Advisory Group (MEAG) that provided independent advice to the UK government on moral, ethical and faith considerations during COVID (2019-2022). From 2009 to 2024 he was Vice-chair of the Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee and from 2010 to 2025 he was Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. In 2017 he received the Paul Ramsey Award for Excellence in Bioethics.
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