Elise Racine

DPhil Population Health 2021

I joined GTC in October 2021 as a DPhil candidate in Population Health, a Clarendon Scholar, and a recipients of the Baillie Gifford-Institute for Ethics in AI Scholarship. I am affiliated with Oxford’s Ethox Centre, Institute for Ethics in AI, and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities.

Having just moved back to the UK from Berlin, I hold a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in digitalisation and big data from the Hertie School, a Master of Science with Distinction in Health and International Development from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Sociology from Stanford University.

My research centres around the societal impacts, policy implications, and fundamental rights challenges of emerging technologies within global health—including biometrics, artificial intelligence, mHealth applications, and distributed ledger technology. I am excited to be continuing this work at Oxford where I will be studying the ethics of infectious disease surveillance technologies. My professional background spans the non-profit, public health, and private (think tank, consulting) sectors.

In my spare time, I enjoy traveling, scuba diving, art, reading, running, rowing, and watching sports. I look forward to pursuing these passions at GTC and Oxford!

Contact: elise.racine@gtc.ox.ac.uk