Expertise/Research Field

Johanna Eichinger is a postdoctoral researcher in biomedical ethics at the University of Basel. She obtained degrees including a PhD, MSc, MA/BA, and Staatsexamen from King’s College London (UK) University of Basel (CH) and Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (GER) among others.  Johanna’s profound interdisciplinary expertise encompasses ethical, social, and regulatory aspects arising from genomics, rare disease patient care, and reproductive technologies, as well as issues of autonomy, person-centered decision-making, and mistreatment during birth. She has published the results of her research in numerous peer-reviewed journals and disseminated her work at various international conferences.  

Grants and Awards

In the final stages of her PhD, Johanna received a prestigious Junior Seed Grant from the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences/ Käthe-Zzing-Schwichtenberg Fund, enabling her to pursue her own postdoctoral project as a Principal Investigator on the topic of decision-making capacity during childbirth. Furthermore, Johanna holds several awards and scholarships such as the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine Postgraduate Scholarship of King´s College London, scholarships of DAAD, Freie Akademische Gesellschaft Basel, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Rotary International, Franco-Allemand Youth Office, amongst others.

Stations of Work

Prior to joining the IBMB team, Johanna worked as a research assistant in the German Bundestag, primarily focusing on human rights topics. Additionally, she gained both interdisciplinary and international experience through multiple long-term stays abroad (e.g. United Kingdom, France, Brazil, and others) and working for NGOs on human rights and environmental politics issues. During her doctorate and research assistantship at the IBMB, she also held project-based researcher roles at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Zurich, where she contributed to projects on rare disease patient care and solidarity during the pandemic.