Morgan Carpenter, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health. He is an internationally recognised expert on human rights and ethics in relation to the treatment of people with innate variations of sex characteristics (also known as intersex variations or differences of sex development). He leads a Medical Research Future Fund project on new models of care for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

Morgan is also the Executive Director of InterAction for Health and Human Rights, an Australian charity that promotes the health and human rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics through policy work, peer support and psychosocial support services. He is also an inaugural member of the Australian Capital Territory's Variations in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Assessment Board.

Morgan has been contracted to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Australian Capital Territory government and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. He is a reference or advisory group member for the New South Wales government.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Executive Director, InterAction for Health and Human Rights
  • 2024–present
    Associate Professor, University of Sydney School of Public Health

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