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Dr.
Johanna Eichinger
Department of Public Health
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Johanna Eichinger is a postdoctoral researcher in biomedical ethics at the University of Basel. She obtained degrees including a PhD, MSc, MA/BA, and Staatsexamen from King’s College London (UK) University of Basel (CH) and Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (GER) among others.  Johanna’s profound interdisciplinary expertise encompasses ethical, social, and regulatory aspects arising from genomics, rare disease patient care, and reproductive technologies, as well as issues of autonomy, person-centered decision-making, and mistreatment during birth. She has published the results of her research in numerous peer-reviewed journals and disseminated her work at various international conferences.  

Selected Publications
Eichinger, Johanna, Büchler, Andrea, Arnold, Louisa, & Rost, Michael. (2024). Women’s and Provider’s Moral Reasoning About the Permissibility of Coercion in Birth: A Descriptive Ethics Study [Journal-article]. Health Care Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-024-00480-4
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Eichinger J, Zimmermann B, Elger B, McLennan S, Filges I, & Koné I. (2023). ‘It’s a nightmare’: informed consent in paediatric genome-wide sequencing. A qualitative expert interview study from Germany and Switzerland. European Journal of Human Genetics : EJHG. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01468-9
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Eichinger, Johanna, Elger, Bernice, Yi Jiao, Tian, Koné, Insa, & Shaw, David Martin. (2023). Parents as secondary patients: Towards a more family-centred approach to care. Clinical Ethics, 14777509231172317. https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509231172317
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Eichinger, Johanna, Elger, Bernice S, Koné, Insa, Filges, Isabel, Shaw, David, Zimmermann, Bettina, & McLennan, Stuart. (2021). The full spectrum of ethical issues in pediatric genome-wide sequencing: a systematic qualitative review. BMC Pediatrics, 21(1), 387. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02830-w
Zimmermann, Bettina M., Eichinger, Johanna, & Baumgartner, Matthias R. (2021). A systematic review of moral reasons on orphan drug reimbursement. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 16(1), 292. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-01925-y
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