Aviad Raz is Professor of medical and organizational sociology and Chairperson of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, as well as Director of Eitan Program for fostering inter-Disciplinary Excellence, all at BGU. His work focuses on the socio-ethical implications of disruptive medical technologies and their regulation, especially regarding genomics, AI in medicine, and patient organizations. Raz has more than 20 years of expertise in qualitative methodology, particularly focus groups, as well as mixed methods. He has published 8 academic books and over 90 peer-reviewed academic articles and chapters on medical sociology, health governance and public understandings of science, including a monograph on “Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances: Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk” (2009, Routledge) and, co-authored with Silke Schicktanz, one of the leading works on socio-ethical analysis: “Comparative Empirical Bioethics” (2016, Springer). Raz was a visiting Professor at the Dept. of Sociology, University of California, San Diego, and a visiting scholar at Kyoto U., SciencesPo and the University of Leuven. He was PI in several international research projects on public and patient attitudes toward innovative/disruptive medical technologies, funded by competitive agencies including the DFG, GIF, BSF, and ISF.
