Julie Kent (sociologist)

Julie Kent
Born	1957 (age 66–67)
Known for	Bioethics, cell therapy, feminist bioethics, biobased economies
Scientific career
Fields	Bioethics, cell therapy, feminist bioethics, biobased economies
Institutions	University of the West of England

Dr. Julie Kent (born 1957) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of the West of England.

Career

Kent obtained her Bachelors of Science in Sociology degree from the University of Bath in 1990. She then later graduated from the University of Bristol with a PhD in sociology in 1995, and in 2007 became a professor of Sociology of Health Technology. Kent was a member of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MRHA) Committee on Safety Devices and is now Chair of the University Research Ethics Committee at the University of the West of England.

At the 2006 Stem Cell Ethics Workshop in London, Kent gave a lecture on ethics and regulations in the world of the fetus alongside Professor Naomi Pfeffer.

In late 2012, along with Dr. Maria Fannin from the University of Bristol, Kent won a grant from the Wellcome Trust to fund a research project into placental tissue.

Kent has received more than £224,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council. One grant was worth more than £79,000 for research into tissue and cell technologies, and another was worth more than £145,000 for fetal stem cell research.

Bibliography

• Kent, Julie (2000). Social perspectives on pregnancy and chilbirth for midwives, nurses and the caring professions. Buckingham Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335199112.
• Kent, Julie (2012). Regenerating bodies : tissue and cell therapies in the twenty-first century. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415688819.

See also

• Gender studies
• Bioethics
• Cell therapy
• Feminist bioethics
• Biobased economies
• Placenta
• Stem cell research

External links

• Official site