Personal profile
Research interests
I am an ARC DECRA fellow at RegNet’s Justice and Technoscience (JusTech) laboratory, where I am developing an anti-racist neuroethics framework to promote epistemic justice in brain and mental health research.
I was previously an ANU-CSIRO postdoc in responsible innovation in precision health, where I investigated diversity, inclusivity, and equity considerations in health research, policy, promotion, and communication. Moreover, I am interested in determining the ethical, legal, regulatory, and societal issues in personalised and population health research involving culturally and linguistically diverse populations. My work involves engagement with laboratories/groups conducting biomedical/health research to investigate the perspectives of researchers on equity and diversity questions, to examine organisational cultures and social infrastructures that impact participant and researcher diversity, and to facilitate reflexive discussions among scientists on how to make their current and future projects more inclusive and culturally sensitive. The first three years of my postdoc was supported by both the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University and the Responsible Innovation Future Science Platform of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. I have also collaborated with researchers at CSIRO's Precision Health Future Science Platform and the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness and colleagues at the ANU College of Health and Medicine and ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.
In addition to my passion for equity, diversity, and justice in precision health research, I have a great interest in the societal aspects of neuroscience and biotechnology development. My PhD investigated ethical, legal, and societal issues associated with clinical trials of invasive neurosurgical procedures for people with Alzheimer's disease. Furthermore, I have worked on other bioethical issues such as media portrayal of novel technologies, application of new neuroimaging modalities, and patient experience and perception of neurotherapeutic interventions.
Education/Academic qualification
Society and Culture (Neuro/bioethics), PhD, Ethical considerations for deep brain stimulation and other invasive neurotechnological trials in people with Alzheimer’s disease, University of Tasmania
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bachelor, Evaluation of sodium alginate as a three-dimensional scaffold for neural cultures, University of the Philippines
Biologie et sante, specialite Neurosciences et neuropsychopharmacologie, Master, Role of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) dopaminergic projections during the acquisition of fear behaviour, Université de Bordeaux
Neurosciences, Master, Adeno-associated virus 2 and 5-mediated structural and GCaMP6-facilitated functional elucidation of cholinergic projections from the basal forebrain to the medial prefrontal cortex, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Editorial Board member, Asian Bioethics Review
Aug 2024 → …
Research student supervision
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Unblackboxing How Sociotemporalities Inform AI Accountability: The Case of Targeted Advertising
Hardcastle, F., Henne, K., Harb, J. I., Lee, A., Viana, J. N. & Halford, S., Feb 2026, In: Social Science Computer Review. 44, 1, p. 131-149 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Proposed Framework for Considering “Inclusive Science Communication” in Theory and Practice
CPAS Inclusive Science Communication Collective, 3 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science Communication. 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Death Drop and Not Drop Dead: A Preliminary Examination of Drag Queen Health
Davenport, K., Yang, J. M. J., Mojica, W., Padilla, E. & Viana, J. N., 1 Sept 2025, In: Medical Problems of Performing Artists. 40, 3, p. 88-93 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Epistemic preparedness
Anderson, W., Lancaster, K., van Wichelen, S., Abimbola, S., Ankeny, R. A., Engelmann, L., Fearnley, L., Giles-Vernick, T., Hegarty, B., Jephcott, F. L., Ludovice, N. P., Roitman, J., Steere-Williams, J., Stoove, M., Viana, J. N., Waldby, C. & Yang, R., 22 Jun 2025, In: BMJ Global Health. 10, 6, p. 1-6 6 p., e018719.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Integrating Asian perspectives in Australian responsible innovation discourse: lessons from Asian bioethics
Viana, J. N., 31 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Responsible Innovation. 13, 1, 7 p., 2597070.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anti-racist neuroethics for epistemic justice in mental health research
Viana, J. N. (PI), Ong, D. (CoI) & Steward, B. (CoI)
13/10/24 → 12/10/27
Project: Research
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Embedding ethics in the governance of transnational health research
Viana, J. N. (PI), Henne, K. (CoI) & Mudaliar, L. (CoI)
1/07/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research