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Researcher: Nicol, D (Professor Dianne Nicol)

Fields of Research

Public law
Intellectual property law
Medical and health law
Law, science and technology
Other law and legal studies
Health informatics and information systems
Bioethics
Social psychology
Law and society and socio-legal research
Property law (excl. intellectual property law)
Sociology of health
Privacy and data rights
Sociology and social studies of science and technology
Ethical use of new technology
Medical ethics
Health services and systems
Analytical biochemistry
International humanitarian and human rights law
Cancer cell biology
Public administration
Genetics
Health and community services
Commercial law
Law reform
Cancer genetics
Legal ethics
Animal neurobiology
Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
Access to justice
Primary health care
Rural sociology
Professional ethics
Research, science and technology policy
Cell development, proliferation and death
Political science
Applied ethics
Health care administration
Political theory and political philosophy
Animal reproduction and breeding
Animal management
Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells)
Public policy
Citizenship
Innovation management
Genome structure and regulation
Industry economics and industrial organisation

Research Objectives

Justice and the law
Law reform
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Legislation, civil and criminal codes
Other law, politics and community services
Other health
Clinical health
Expanding knowledge in law and legal studies
Expanding knowledge in human society
Bioethics
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Technological and organisational innovation
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Health education and promotion
Health inequalities
Legal processes
Rural and remote area health
International relations
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and outcomes
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Citizenship and national identity
Civics and citizenship
Technological ethics
Civil justice
Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences
Animal welfare
Industry policy
Radio, television, film and video services
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Health policy evaluation
Industrial organisations

Career Best Publications

Biobanks Information Paper 2010; Journal of Law and Information Science
Collaborative licensing in biotechnology: a survey of knowledge, experience, and attitudes in Australia; Biotechnology Law Report
Commercialisation of Biotechnology: Public Trust and Research; International Journal of Biotechnology
Implications of DNA patenting: reviewing the evidence; Journal of Law and Information Science
On the Legality of Gene Patents; Melbourne University Law Review
Patents and Medical Biotechnology: An Empirical Analysis of Issues Facing the Australian Industry
Public trust, intellectual property and human genetic databanks: the need to take benefit sharing seriously; Journal of International Biotechnology Law
Regulatory Capitalism, Business Models and the Knowledge Economy; Regulatory Capitalism: How it Works, Ideas for Making it Work Better
The Australian Medical Biotechnology Industry and Access to Intellectual Property: Issues for Patent Law Development; The Sydney Law Review
Whither patent use without authorisation in Australia?; Federal Law Review

Research Publications

Research Projects

Biotechnology Patent Licensing in Australia: A Preliminary Study; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Co-operative IP Management and Technology Transfer in the Australian Biotechnology Industry; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Developing a Multidisciplinary International Research Network Focussed on Maximizing the Social and Health Benefits to Australia of Human Genetic Technologies; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Developing an Evidence Based Model for Building Trust in Australian Stem Cell Research and Therapies ; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Ensuring the utility and sustainability of tissue banks: Supporting translational research in Australia through informed regulation and community engagement; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Ethical governance for clinical and genomic data; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Expand the Capacity of an International Multidisciplinary Research Network Focussed on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Emerging Biotechnologies; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Facilitation and Regulation of Research and Development Involving Human Genetic Databanks; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Genetics in Regional Healthcare: Addressing Access and Disparities in the Implementation of Genetic Medicine in Regional Healthcare; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Genome Editing: Formulating an Australian Community Response; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Genomic Data Sharing: Issues in Law, Research Ethics and Society; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Global Citizen Deliberation: Analysing a Deliberative Documentary; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Implementation of Genomics into Queensland healthcare: ethical, legal and social implications and policy challenges ; Queensland Health (QH)
InforMS - an electronic patient-driven health care model with digital biomarker monitoring that improves the clinical care of people with MS; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Legal and Ethical Regulation of the Use and Commercialisation of Human Biological Material; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Material Transfer Agreements and Open Science in the Genome Era; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Morphology and Connectivity of Neurons within the Central Nervous System in the Larva of the Ascidian Ciona Intestinalis, using Serial Electron Microsco; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Innovative Health Technologies; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Tasmanian Genetic Research in Inherited Disease (TasGRID); University of Tasmania (UTAS)
The Age of Personalized Medicine: Regulatory Challenges for Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
The Innovation Pool in Australian Biotechnology: Assessing Optimal Strategies for Fostering Innovation through Patenting and Patent Pooling; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Towards a trusted genomic repository: Tackling commercialisation fears; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
An Information Paper on the Management and Governance of Biobanks in Australia
Assessment of Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation and regulations as it applies to the collection and use of health-related genomics information in the clinical and research setting
Genetic Diagnostic Testing - Impacts
Review of Education and Training Grants Program

Research Candidate Supervision

A Comparative Analysis of the Medico-legal and Ethical Issues Associated with Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Australia and Malaysia
A Critical Analysis of EC - Biotech- The Panel's Approach to Other Rules of International Law and the Application of the SPS Agreement
A Twitch upon a Thread- Regulation of Human Tissue use in Australia and the Application of Property Law
An Historical and Contemporaneous Analysis of Patenting of Methods of Medical Treatment of Human Beings in Australia and Overseas
Boundaries of Patent Infringement Law
Copyright Protection in an Online Worlk[Dd- How can Creative Industries Survive?
Cyborg Law- Legal Implications of Human-Machine Integration
Dissecting the Software Patent Problem- An Argument Against Patentability based on the Relationship between Software and Mathematics
Dog Breeding in Australia- A Case Study in Compliance and the Role of Regulation in Ensuring Genetic Canine Health
Further study in international and domestic patent law.
Gene Technology, Risk, Regulation and Communication
Group Resource Rights and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in International Law
IP and bioprospecting
Malaysia and Australia- Comparing GMO Regulations, Abiding Into Agreements and the Cartagena Protocol
Mapping the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Competition Law- Misusing Market Power when Refusing to License Biomedical Patents
Patents for Pharmaceuticals and Access to Affordable Medicines- Towards an All-Encompassing Access Paradigm for Africa
Reconciling Patents as 'Personal Property' with Compulsory Licences
Regulating DTC Genetic Testing in Australia
Regulatory Requirements for Consumer Protection in Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing
Sub-Saharan Hunger as an Emerging Intellectual Property Right of Corporations in Developed Countries- Law and Economics of Options in Policy and Regualtion on Biotechnological Patents and Right to Development
Using Wastewater Analysis to Measure the Prevalence of Prison Drug Use and the Effectiveness of Prison Drug Use Supply Reduction Strategies
Vaulting Ambition- The Case Against Universal Criminal Jurisdiction