Anita Ho (PhD, MPH) is a bioethicist and health services researcher with a unique combined academic training and experience in philosophy, clinical/organizational ethics, public health, and business. She is also a classically trained pianist, with a Master in Music (piano performance), still trying to decide what she will do when she grows up!

In the meantime, Anita is Clinical Professor at the Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia, Associate Professor at the UCSF Bioethics Program, Vice President of Ethics for CommonSpirit Health (California Region), Scientist at the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, and a Board Member for the Center for Practical Bioethics.

An international scholar and author of more than 90 publications, Anita is an elected fellow of The Hastings Center. Her research focuses on ethical dimensions of utilizing innovative technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) in health care delivery, research and trial design ethics, supportive decision making, and end-of-life care decisions. She is particularly interested in systemic and social justice issues arising in domestic and global health care. Her new book, Live Like Nobody is Watching: Relational Autonomy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Health Monitoring, was published by Oxford University Press in May 2023.

When she is not analyzing research data, obsessing over the news of the day, or playing the piano, Anita also enjoys making (and devouring) dark chocolate truffles.