Eurac Research, Ireland
Dr Ciara Staunton is an independent consultant who specialises on the governance of biobanks, genomics, and the use of health data in research, clinical trials, clinical care, and public health. She was recently a consultant to the WHO on WHO guiding principles for human genome data sharing, has held consultancies for public health organisations such as the Global Fund, the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator. She is current the co-lead for the ELSI workpackage for Genome of Ireland.