Mercury Shitindo
Bioethicist based at St Paul’s University in Kenya, Chair of the Africa Bioethics Network
- Founder Member of SHADE
Biography
Mercury brings a wealth of expertise in diverse fields to the SHADE Centre, encompassing ethical considerations, data governance, and privacy; contributing towards sustainability planning and environmental stewardship. She possesses insights into mental health and its broader health impacts, as well as a deep understanding of policy and regulatory frameworks.
As part of SHADE, Mercury aims to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and explore the current state of AI-driven health decision-making, assessing its impacts and areas for enhancement. Her goal is also to examine the ethical, social, and economic dimensions of AI-enabled health systems and analyse global perspectives on digital health goals, seeking common challenges and best practices to inform sustainable AI solutions.
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Research
SHADE Research Hub
SHADE sits at the intersection of Sustainability, Health, AI, Digital technologies and the Environment. SHADE is guided by a fundamental question: How should the balance between AI/digital enabled health and planetary health be struck in different areas of the world, and what should be the guiding principles? To address this SHADE promotes interdisciplinary enquiry to understand and make visible sustainable practices situated in specific geographical and societal contexts. Undertaking both normative and solutions based research, SHADE draws on empirical, epistemic and ethical perspectives from philosophy, law, sociology and ethics, as well as from more quantitative approaches such as life cycle sustainability assessment.
Research
SHADE Research Hub
SHADE sits at the intersection of Sustainability, Health, AI, Digital technologies and the Environment. SHADE is guided by a fundamental question: How should the balance between AI/digital enabled health and planetary health be struck in different areas of the world, and what should be the guiding principles? To address this SHADE promotes interdisciplinary enquiry to understand and make visible sustainable practices situated in specific geographical and societal contexts. Undertaking both normative and solutions based research, SHADE draws on empirical, epistemic and ethical perspectives from philosophy, law, sociology and ethics, as well as from more quantitative approaches such as life cycle sustainability assessment.