Men's Breakfast - Prof. John Wyatt

About this event

John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics and Perinatology at University College London and a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge. His background is as a paediatrician caring for sick and premature infants and as a medical researcher in applied neuroscience, developing new methods for the prevention of brain injury in newborn babies. John is a committed Christian and has a long-standing interest in ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical and digital technologies and has frequently engaged in public and professional consultations and debates on complex ethical issues concerning the beginning and ending of life. His work in neonatology, including research into brain cooling, spans a growing interest and involvement in medical ethics, the ups and downs of my life, and the ethics of AI and advanced technologies. His book Matters of Life and Death – human dilemmas in the light of the Christian faith has been translated into more than 10 languages. He co-edited a book on the ethics of artificial intelligence called The Robot Will See You Now published in 2021. He is married to Celia and they have 3 grown-up children and 6 grandchildren.