{"id":829,"date":"2021-03-31T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T11:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/?p=829"},"modified":"2022-03-28T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T03:58:07","slug":"wendyrogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/2021\/03\/31\/wendyrogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing ethical failures in organ transplants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nThe shocking truth of human organ transplant abuse, revealed in the 2015 documentary <em>Hard to Believe<\/em>, spurred Professor Wendy Rogers to take action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Wendy Rogers (BMBS \u201983, BA(Hons) \u201995, PhD(Med) \u201998), Professor in Clinical Ethics at Sydney\u2019s Macquarie University, has spear-headed a ground-breaking investigation into the unethical use of human organs in research, which has so far led to more than two dozen retractions of research publications from China.<\/p>\n<p>Working with colleagues from the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, whose International Advisory Committee she chairs, Professor Rogers began drawing attention to scientific research that used organ transplants from executed prisoners of conscience in China. Her investigations have gained international traction by shedding clear light on a controversy that has swirled for two decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching the facts laid bare in the documentary <em>Hard to Believe<\/em>, I was taken aback,\u201d says Professor Rogers who admits, \u201cIt was something I should have known about, but didn\u2019t. I needed to take action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through examining research publications by Chinese transplant scientists, her team\u2019s investigation has prompted scientific journals to retract at least 20 transplant reports, after authors couldn\u2019t prove that donors gave consent. Her work as Chair of the International Advisory Committee also led to the establishment of the China Tribunal, an independent tribunal into forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China that was chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC. Its judgement, released in March 2020, vindicated the scientific whistleblowing that Professor Rogers and the Coalition has undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Rogers\u2019 work saw her recognised by leading science journal <em>Nature<\/em> as one of the 10 most relevant scientists of 2019. She also received the 2019 NHMRC Ethics Award and was named among Medscape\u2019s 2019 Physicians of the Year (the only woman awarded, and the only Australian) \u2013 but Professor Rogers concedes that her work is far from complete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this recognition in the scientific community is gratifying, the issue still needs to be elevated to the broader public domain and onto political agendas, so that governments can bring pressure to put an end to this human rights abuse,\u201d says Professor Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Rogers is also making progress on several research projects investigating the ethical issues raised by new technologies, such as new surgical devices, AI and synthetic biology.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Professor Wendy Rogers was awarded a 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award for <\/strong><strong>her distinguished leadership, advocacy and commitment to the field of medical ethics, including spearheading a ground-breaking investigation into the unethical use of human organs in research and becoming a leading activist in exposing organ transplant abuse in China.<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-awards\"> Read more about the Flinders University Alumni Awards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shocking truth of human organ transplant abuse, revealed in the 2015 documentary Hard to Believe, spurred Professor Wendy Rogers to take action. 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