William W. Lowrance, Ph.D

William W. Lowrance, Ph.DWilliam W. Lowrance, Ph.D
Consultant in Health Research Ethics and Policy
La Grande Motte
France

William W. Lowrance, Ph.D., is a consultant in health research ethics and policy, based in La Grande Motte in the south of France. His focus in recent years has been on the use of health information and biospecimens in research. In 2002 he prepared a report, Learning from Experience: Privacy and the Secondary Use of Data in Health Research, for The Nuffield Trust, and in 2006 a report, Access to Collections of Data and Materials for Health Research, for the Medical Research Council U.K. and the Wellcome Trust. During the startup of the U.K. Biobank he chaired the Interim Advisory Group on Ethics and Governance. Recently he conducted a project for the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute, and, with Dr. Francis Collins, published an article on the issues, "Identifiability in genomic research," in Science. Currently he is writing a book with the working title, Privacy, Confidentiality, and Health Research.