Jon is Professor of Empirical Bioethics, Head of Population Health Sciences, and Deputy Head of Bristol Medical School.  He is also currently Acting Director of the Centre for Ethics in Medicine (Sept '24 - Sept '25). He initially trained in philosophy, and now works as an interdisciplinary bioethicist at the nexus of ethics and social science in healthcare, with a particular focus on, and expertise in, empirical bioethics methodology, on which he has published widely and delivers training worldwide.

His research interests are varied and include: surgical innovation; ethics and trust of AI/autonomous systems; best interests decision making; clinical and research ethics; ethics, reproduction and parenthood, mental health, and EDI. His work has been funded by, for example, the Wellcome Trust, NIHR, EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC.
Jon has published on a wide range of topics including ethics and fatherhood, research ethics, technology and innovation, end of life ethics, and clinical ethics, and he is lead editor of 'Empirical Bioethics: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives' (Cambridge University Press) and of the newly comissioned Routledge Handbook of Empirical Bioethics.

Jon is Chair of the BNSSG Risk and Ethics Advisary Forum, and is a member of the NICE Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluation Committee.  He sits on the Wellcome Trust Discovery Award Career Development panel, and is a member of Belgium's FWO Med8 funding panel.  He has previously sat on the RCGP Medical Ethics Committee, and chaired the IME Grants and Awards Committee as a Trustee.