Bernice S. Elger

Prof. Dr.
Bernice S. Elger
PI
University of Basel and University of Geneva
The ethical issues surrounding autonomous vehicles and the use of AI in society are fascinating and challenging.

Prof. Dr. med. Bernice Elger is ordinaria, head of the Institute for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel and full professor at the Center for Legal Medicine at the University of Geneva where she is head of the Unit for Health Law and Humanitarian Medicine. She studied medicine and theology in Germany, France, Switzerland and bioethics and cell biology from 1987-88 in the US. She obtained her specialty degree in internal medicine (FMH) in Switzerland and has carried out previous SNF funded research on big data, machine learning and AI in medicine and society.