Dr Richard Milne

I am a social scientist whose work addresses social and ethical challenges associated with new science and technology and the relationship between science and the public, primarily in the domains of genomics and the development of data-driven biology. I am based in the Engagement and Society Group at Wellcome Connecting Science, which is part of the Wellcome Sanger Institute. In Cambridge, I also co-lead the 'Ethics, Law and Society' strand of Cambridge Public Health.

My sociological research examines the ethical and social implications of developments in genomics and data science. I am particularly interested in the relationship between science and 'the public', and in how we realise the value of developments in the biological sciences while anticipating and addressing emerging questions and concerns. I also have a longstanding interest in the ethics of early detection in Alzheimer's disease.