Dr Gordon McGurk

Head of Ethical Jurisprudence

Gordon is currently the chair of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), the UQ HREC ‘A’, and a member of the Townsville Hospital and Health Service HREC.

He holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of Edinburgh and is in the final semester of a Juris Doctor through the University of Southern Queensland. He is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

As the Director of OmniAdvisory Consulting, Gordon consults in areas of health related to clinical trials (especially governance and strategy), research integrity, human and animal ethics, and corporate governance. Much of this expertise was gained while working at the National Health and Medical Research Council on projects related to improving clinical trials in Australia.