Maria Siermann (M.)

Maria Siermann is an assistant professor at the Department of Health, Ethics and Society. She is a qualitative researcher interested in socio-ethical questions and experiences related to health technologies, reproduction, genetics and screening. She combines qualitative empirical research with normative analysis. Her current research focuses on the ethical aspects of multi-cancer early diagnosis tests and screening.

She obtained her bachelor's degree in anthropology and research master's degree in social sciences at the University of Amsterdam. She has a PhD from KU Leuven and the University of Helsinki. Her PhD research focused on socio-ethical aspects and stakeholder perspectives regarding polygenic risk scoring in preimplantation genetic testing.