Dr. Colin Mitchell leads the Humanities team at the PHG Foundation, specializing in the legal and ethical dimensions of health technology and genomics. His expertise encompasses genomic rights and responsibilities, data regulation, and the ethical implications of AI-based systems in healthcare.
Colin actively contributes to international initiatives, including the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, promoting best practices in genomic research. With a PhD in health law, he has worked on multidisciplinary research projects at renowned institutions, enhancing the understanding of legal frameworks in genomics.
Key skills are:
- Legal and ethical analysis of genomic and AI technologies
- Translation of complex data regulation into health policy
- Strategic research leadership on personalised risk prediction
- Stakeholder development with regulatory and engineering bodies
- Clinical application analysis for digital health and synthetic data
- Synthetic Data for Development of AI as a Medical Device (AIaMDs)
- Journeys, experiences and best practices on computer modelled and simulated regulatory evidence (with InSilicoUK, MHRA, the Royal Academy of Engineering)
- Human involvement in AI-driven digital pathology pathways: ethical and legal considerations
- Adopting a risk tool for stratification and predictive prevention of oesophageal cancer
- Are synthetic health data ‘personal data’?
- Evaluation of polygenic score applications
- Control of patient information in the COVID-19 era
- Visual identifiers in the care of people with dementia
- The GDPR and genomic data
- Black box medicine and transparency
- When are synthetic health data personal data? (published by GA4GH)
- What do patents tell us about the nature and trajectory of medical AI? (co-written with Prof Kathy Liddell and Prof Mateo Aboy)
- Synthetic health data, real regulatory challenge
- COPI notices extended until March 2022
- After ABC v St George’s: a new duty to consider
- How does the GDPR apply to genomic data?
- High-fiedlity synthetic patient data applications and privacy considerations. Myles, P., Mitchell, C., Redrup Hill, E., Foschini, L., Wang, Z.. Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, Vol. 6, 4 (2024) https://doi.org/10.69554/LQOM5698
- A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia. Brigden, T.V., Mitchell, C., Kuberska, K. Hall, A.. A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia. Bioethical Inquiry (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10315-x
- Ethical and legal implications of implementing risk algorithms for early detection and screening for oesophageal cancer, now and in the future. Tanya Brigden, Colin Mitchell, Elizabeth Redrup Hill and Alison Hall. PLOS ONE. 2023 October. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293576
- Ethical and legal considerations influencing human involvement in the implementation of artificial intelligence in a clinical pathway: A multi-stakeholder perspective. Elizabeth Redrup Hill, Colin Mitchell, Tanya Brigden and Alison Hall. Frontiers in Digital Health. 2023 March. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1139210
- Secondary Use of Personal Health Data: When Is It “Further Processing” Under the GDPR, and What Are the Implications for Data Controllers?
Becker, R., Chokoshvili, D., Comandé, G., Dove, E.S., Hall, A., Mitchell, C., Molnár-Gábor, F., Nicolàs, P., Tervo, S. and Thorogood, A., 2022. European Journal of Health Law, 1(aop), pp.1-29. - Lessons from the pandemic for the future regulation of confidential patient information for research
Colin Mitchell and Alison Hall. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2023;0(0). - Applying GDPR roles and responsibilities to scientific data sharing
Regina Becker, Adrian Thorogood, Jasper Bovenberg, Colin Mitchell, Alison Hall, International Data Privacy Law, Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2022, Pages 207–219
