Research · Law · Bioethics · Health Data
Research
My research sits at the intersection of law, bioethics, health policy, data protection, and health data governance.
Research themes
My work examines how law and ethics shape biomedical research, health data use, healthcare innovation, and the organisation of healthcare systems.
Health data governance
I examine how health data can be collected, linked, shared, reused, protected, and governed for research and public health.
Data protection and biomedical research
I study the interaction between data protection law and biomedical research, especially in the Swiss and European contexts.
Assisted reproductive technologies
I work on ethical and legal questions concerning assisted reproductive technologies, including access, age, and regulation.
Digital health and emerging technologies
I analyse ethical and legal issues raised by digital health tools, digital pills, health apps, machine learning, and precision medicine.
Public health ethics
I am interested in ethical questions concerning public health emergencies, preparedness, health policy, and collective responsibility.
Healthcare systems and regulation
I study how legal frameworks affect the organization of healthcare systems and the delivery of healthcare services.
Selected publications by theme
Health data governance
Martani A, Egli SM, Geneviève LD, Elger BS, Wangmo T.
“A role-model for data policies? Qualitative study on the governance of health data in Denmark.”
Health Policy and Technology, 2022.
DOI:
10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100683
Martani A, Geneviève LD, Elger BS, Wangmo T.
“‘It’s not something you can take in your hands’. Swiss experts’ perspectives on health data ownership: an interview-based study.”
BMJ Open, 2021.
DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045717
Martani A et al.
“Sensing the (digital) pulse. Future steps for improving the secondary use of data for research in Switzerland.”
Digital Health, 2023.
DOI:
10.1177/20552076231169826
Law, bioethics, and biomedical technologies
Martani A, Geneviève LD, Poppe C, Casonato C, Wangmo T.
“Digital Pills: a scoping review of the empirical literature and analysis of the ethical aspects.”
BMC Medical Ethics, 2020.
DOI:
10.1186/s12910-019-0443-1
Martani A, Shaw D, Elger BS.
“Stay fit or get bit – Ethical issues in sharing health data with insurers’ apps.”
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2019.
DOI:
10.4414/smw.2019.20089
Assisted reproductive technologies and age
Martani A, De Clercq E, de Geyter C, Pennings G, Wangmo T, Elger BS.
“Deconstructing age(s): An analysis of the different conceptions of age as a legal criterion for access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies.”
Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 2022.
DOI:
10.1093/jlb/lsac036
De Clercq E, Martani A, Vuillemoz N, Elger BS, Wangmo T.
“Rethinking advanced motherhood: A new ethical narrative.”
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2023.
DOI:
10.1007/s11019-023-10172-w
Martani A, Neeser NB, Verghote K, de Geyter C, Wangmo T.
“‘It is our everyday life’. A Swiss interview-based study on care professionals’ experiences in assisting older patients to conceive with medically assisted reproduction.”
Ethik in der Medizin, 2025.
DOI:
10.1007/s00481-025-00864-7
Andrea Martani 