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Karin Jongsma

Associate Professor

Biography

Dr. Karin Jongsma is associate professor of Bioethics at the Julius Center of the University Medical Center Utrecht. She leads a research group focussing on the ethics of (bio)medical innovation, including amongst others digital medicine, neuroscience and regenerative medicine. 

Karin is a member of the Institutional Research Board of the University Medical Center Utrecht and the Utrecht Young Academy. Previously she was amongst others a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, the University of Montreal and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS). She is committed to public engagement and science communication and considers playfulness and reflexivity essential to good academic practice.

Research groups

Bioethics & technology

Research aim

We aim to ethically guide emerging (bio-)medical technologies into society.

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Recent publications

The Effect of Artificial Intelligence on Patient-Physician Trust Anna G M Zondag, Raoul Rozestraten, Stephan G Grimmelikhuijsen, Karin R Jongsma, Wouter W van Solinge, Michiel L Bots, Robin W M Vernooij, Saskia Haitjema
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024, vol. 26
A value hierarchy for inclusive design of heart valve implants in regenerative medicine Anne Floor Johanna De Kanter, Manon Van Daal, Callum J. Gunn, Annelien L. Bredenoord, Nienke De Graeff, Karin R. Jongsma
Regenerative Medicine, 2024, vol. 19, p.289-301
Why we should not mistake accuracy of medical AI for efficiency Karin Rolanda Jongsma, Martin Sand, Megan Milota
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE, 2024, vol. 7
Why We Should Understand Conversational AI as a Tool Marlies N van Lingen, Noor A A Giesbertz, J Peter van Tintelen, Karin R Jongsma
The American Journal of Bioethics, 2023, vol. 23, p.22-24
The ethical aspects of exposome research: a systematic review Caspar Safarlou, Karin Jongsma, Roel Vermeulen, Annelien Bredenoord
Exposome, 2023, vol. 3
Enabling the Nonhypothesis-Driven Approach Caspar Willem Safarlou, Maarten van Smeden, Roel Vermeulen, Karin Jongsma
The American Journal of Bioethics, 2023, vol. 23, p.72-76