Dr Ciara Staunton is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University (London) and a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research (Italy). In addition she is an Honorary Research Associate at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and a Consultant to the South African National Health Laboratory Service. Her research focuses on the governance of new and emerging technologies, in particular stem cell research, genomic research and biobanking. Ciara’s current research focuses on the sharing of health data for research.