Heidi Nicholl
Ethicist & CEO of Humanists Australia
Specialty Areas
Community Service and Engagement, Health and Medical, Leadership, Religion, Spirituality and Ethics
About Me
Originating from the north of England, Melbourne based ethicist Heidi Nicholl became CEO of Humanists Australia in 2021. Humanism is a worldview which gives guidance on how to lead a value based ethical life for non-religious people.
An experienced non profit leader Heidi has a strong background in science and ethics. A seasoned media performer and writer she has contributed to many national and international conferences as speaker and chairperson. She was a seminar lead in the Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Bioethics in 2016 where she taught feminist ethics.
Heidi has done ‘bedside ethics’ as a clinical neuro-ethicist in San Francisco and was the ethicist at the Royal Free Hospital in London during her time working at the UCL Medical School (2006-2013). She is currently a member of the Royal Children’s Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee, is a board member for Open Medicine Foundation Australia and was vice-chair of the Ross House Committee of Management between 2019 and 2021.
Qualifications
PhD in Healthcare Ethics - City University London 2008BSc Zoology and Associate of Royal College of Science - Imperial College London 1996
