Dr Mark Stranger BA (Hons) PhD

Senior Research Fellow
Executive Director, Centre for Law and Genetics
Administrator, BELS Network

Sociology

Social Research; postmodernization and social change theory; sociology of risk, health and science; identity self and society; genetic discrimination; biobanks

2005 - 2009 Project Manager, Australian Research Council (ARC), 5 year Discovery Grant: Facilitation and Regulation of Human Genetic Databanks

2006 - 2007 Project Manager/Chief Investigator, Australian Research Council (ARC), 2 year Linkage International Grant: Expanding the capacity of an international multidisciplinary research network focused on the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging biotechnologies

2004 Core member of ARC- seed funded network, Developing a multidisciplinary international research network focused on maximizing the social and health benefits to Australia of human genetic technologies

2002 - 2005 Research Fellow, Australian Research Council (ARC), 3.5 year Discovery Grant: Genetic Discrimination in Australia

2002 - 2004 Research Fellow, Australian Research Council (ARC), 3 year Discovery Grant: Regulating the Collection and use of Human Tissue.

Kaye, J and Stranger, M (eds) (2009) Principles and Practice in Biobank Governance, Surrey: Ashgate.

Stranger, MJA and Bell, EJ and Nicol, D and Otlowski, MFA and Chalmers, DRC, (2008) ‘Human genetic databanks in Australia: indications of inconsistency and confusion’, New Genetics and Society, 27 (4) pp. 311-321.

Otlowski, MFA and Taylor, S and Treloar, S and Barlow-Stewart, K and Stranger, MJA, (2008) ‘Investigating genetic discrimination in Australia: a large-scale survey of clinical genetics clients’, Clinical Genetics, 2008 (74), pp. 20-30.

Stranger, M (ed) (2007) Human Biotechnology & Public Trust: Trends, Perceptions and Regulation, Centre for Law and Genetics: Hobart.

Otlowski, MFA and Stranger, MJA and Taylor, S and Treloar, S and Barlow-Stewart, K, ‘Consumer Experiences and Predictive Genetic Testing’, Human Biotechnology & Public Trust: Trends, Perceptions and Regulation, Centre for Law and Genetics, Mark Stranger (ed), Hobart, pp. 149-166.

Otlowski, M, Stranger, M, Taylor, S, Barlow-Stewart, K, Treloar, S, (2007) ‘Investigating Genetic Discrimination in Australia: Perceptions and Experiences of Clinical Genetics Service Clients Regarding Coercion to Test, Insurance and Employment’, Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, 5 (2) 83.

Otlowski, M, Stranger, M, Barlow-Stewart, K, Taylor, S, Treloar, S, (2007) ‘Investigating genetic discrimination in the Australian life insurance sector: The use of genetic test results in underwriting, 1999-2003’, Journal of Law and Medicine, 14 (February 2007) 367-396.

Otlowski, M, Stranger, M, Taylor, S, Barlow-Stewart, K, Treloar, S, (2007) ‘The Use of Legal Remedies in Australia for Pursuing Allegations of Genetic Discrimination: Findings of an Empirical Study’, International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 9 (1) 3-36.

Otlowski, M, Stranger, M, Taylor, S, Treloar, S, Barlow-Stewart, K, (2007) ‘Consumer Experiences and Predictive Genetic Testing’, in Mark Stranger (ed) Human Biotechnology & Public Trust: Trends, Perceptions and Regulation, Centre for Law and Genetics: Hobart, 149-166.

Stranger M, Chalmers DRC, Nicol D (2005) “Capital, Trust & Consultation: Databanks & Regulation in Australia’ in Critical Public Health, 15(4) 349-358.

Otlowski, M, Taylor, S, Treloar and S, Barlow-Stewart, K, Stranger M. (2005) ‘Perceptions and Experiences of Benefit, Disadvantage, and Negative Treatment in a Sample of Australian Adults presenting at Clinical Genetic Services regarding predictive testing for Hungington's Disease’, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Taylor SD, Otlowski MF, Barlow-Stewart KK, Treloar SA, Stranger M, Chenoweth K (2004) ‘Investigating Genetic Discrimination in Australia: Opportunities and Challenges in the Early Stages' New Genetics and Society Journal 23(2) 225-239.

Treloar SA. Taylor SD, Otlowski MF, Barlow-Stewart KK, Stranger M, and Chenoweth K (2004) ‘Methodological Considerations in the Study of Genetic Discrimination: A Review’ in Community Genetics 7(4).

Member - Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics

Member - The Australian Sociological Association

Memberv- P³G