Biography
Dominique is Associate Professor in Health Ethics and Professionalism in the School of Medicine at Deakin University, where she leads the Ethics, Law and Professionalism team.
Dominique studied Medicine and Arts as undergraduate degrees, with majors in Philosophy and English. She spent several years working in emergency medicine while pursing postgraduate studies. She completed a PhD in Applied Ethics at the University of Melbourne in 2011 on the topic of markets in human biological materials. Her bioethics research currently focuses primarily on issues related to nephrology, professionalism in healthcare, and to the procurement, use, and distribution of medical products of human origin such as organs and tissues for transplantation, or gametes used in assisted reproductive treatments. She has played a leading role in the development of the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, and the work of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group.
Dominique has extensive experience in teaching ethics and professionalism in online and located modes. In addition to her work as curriculum lead for Ethics, Law and Professionalism in the Deakin MD program, she has designed and developed units focused on Public Health Ethics, the Ethics of Ageing and Issues in End of Life Care, as well as Applied Ethics and Health Law and Ethics. She also designs and delivers tailored ethics programs, such as the Deakin Perioperative Ethics shortcourse, and Introduction to ethics for Clinical Ethics Committees.
Dominique is Chair of the Asia Pacific Bioethics Education Network (APBEN), which aims to promote and support excellence in bioethics and professionalism education in the Asia Pacific region via international collaboration. She is the Oceania Councillor-elect for The Transplantation Society and a member of the Doha International Academy for Organ Donation. Dominique serves as a strategic advisor for the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group, and an ethics advisor for the International Society of Nephrology. She has worked as an ethics consultant for the World Health Organization, the Australian Organ and Tissue Authority, the Qatar National Organ Donation Center, and Western Health. She is an Associate Editor of Transplantation and served on the NHMRC Organ and Tissue Working Committee (2017-2020).
Dominique has authored or co-authored more than 65 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and regularly presents at Australian and international medical and bioethics conferences.
Read more on Dominique's profileResearch interests
Ethical considerations in kidney care (nephrology), and donation and transplantation of human biological materials including organs, tissues and cells.
Health professionalism
Organ trafficking and transplant tourism
Ethical issues in research during the end-of-life period
Affiliations
Asia Pacific Bioethics Education Network
- Chair (2021-2023)
Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law
- Member
Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group
- Member (2010-)
- Co-chair (2017-2018)
Doha International Academy of Organ Donation
- Member (2016-)
European Society of Organ Transplantation
- Member (2020-)
International Association of Bioethics
- Member
International Society of Nephrology
- Member
- Joint ethics task force of the American Society of Nephrology, European Renal Association, and the International Society of Nephrology
- Councillor-elect for Oceania (2022-)
- Co-chair Ethics Committee (2014-2016)
Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Member, Vascual Composite Allograft Advisory Commitee (2022-)
Teaching interests
Health ethics and professionalism
Bioethics, applied ethics
Knowledge areas
Bioethics
Applied ethics
Professional ethics
Organ trafficking and transplant tourism
Media appearances
Newspaper, blogs and magazines
Sarah Glazer, 'Organ Trafficking.' CQ Researcher, 24 Jun 2022. Available at: https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2022062400
Sara Narvaiza, 'Ethical implications of organ donation and transplantation', Medical College Organization of Spain, 27 Aug 2021. [in Spanish] Available at: http://www.medicosypacientes.com/articulo/dominique-martin-donde-hay-donacion-y-trasplante-de-organos-existe-al-menos-un-pequeno
Fact Check: the medevac bill. RMIT Fact Check, 1 Mar 2019. Available at: https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2019/march/fact-check-medevac-healthy-refugees
Julie Lambert, 'Early intervention: nipping poor practice in the bud', Medical Republic, 7 Feb 2018. Available at: http://medicalrepublic.com.au/early-intervention-nipping-poor-practice-bud/12919
Podcasts
'Chimeras in medicine - Part 1: Xenotransplantation. The Health Report with Norman Swan. 25 Oct 2021. Available at: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/25-oct-segment/13602050
'Chimeras in medicine - Part 2: Avatars. The Health Report with Norman Swan. Nov 2021. Available at:https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/chimeras-in-medicine-pt2-avatars/13840698
Television, YouTube and Streaming
Hilary Harper, 'Dead Calm: Bodies', The Wheeler Centre, 1 Nov 2018. Available at: https://www.wheelercentre.com/broadcasts/dead-calm-bodies
Allison Langdon, 'Saying Thanks', Sixty Minutes, 29 Jul 2018. Available at: https://www.9now.com.au/60-minutes/2018/extras/extra-mins/july/saying-thanks-2
Jason McLure, 'The 'Red Market' in human organs', Global Journalist, 26 Apr 2018. Available at: http://www.kbia.org/post/global-journalist-red-market-human-organs#stream/0
Radio
Sheridan Stewart, 'Ethics and attitudes towards organ donation', Drive (ABC Sunshine Coast), 31 Jul 2018. Available at: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/south-queensland-drive/organ-ethics/10058148
Publications
The Declaration of Istanbul on organ trafficking and transplant tourism
Dominique Martin, Ahmed Nada
(2024), Vol. 2, pp. 1521-1521, Living Donor Organ Transplantation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, B1
Uterus Transplantation as a Surgical Innovation
A Pérez-Blanco, J Seoane, T Pallás, M Nieto-Moro, R Calonge, A de la Fuente, D Martin
(2023), Vol. 20, pp. 367-378, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, C1
Varun Sharma, Graham Starkey, Rohit D'Costa, Fiona James, Effie Mouhtouris, Lisa Davis, Boa Wang, Angela Vago, Jaishankar Raman, Laura Mackay, Helen Opdam, Robert Jones, M Grayson, Dominique Martin, Claire Gordon
(2023), Vol. 9, TRANSPLANTATION DIRECT, United States, C1
Shih-Ning Then, Dominique Martin, Andrew McGee, Dale Gardiner, Nadia El Moslemani
(2023), pp. 1-9, Transplantation, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
James Bernat, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, Alexandra Glazier, Dale Gardiner, Alexander Manara, Sam Shemie, Robert Porte, Dominique Martin, Helen Opdam, Andrew McGee, Marta López Fraga, Michel Rayar, Thomas Kerforne, Mirela Bušić, Renato Romagnoli, Marinella Zanierato, Stefan Tullius, Eduardo Miñambres, Mario Royo-Villanova, Francis Delmonico
(2023), Vol. 107, pp. 1650-1654, Transplantation, Baltimore, Md., C1
Certainty, Science, and the Brain-Based Definition of Death
Dominique Martin, Cynthia Forlini, Emma Tumilty
(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 279-282, AJOB Neuroscience, London, Eng., C1
Deciding about living organ donation: balancing risk management and autonomy
Dominique Martin
(2022), Vol. 3, pp. 133-150, Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation Current Debates and International Perspectives, Transcript Verlag, B1
S Then, D Martin
(2022), Vol. 48, pp. 112-117, Journal of Medical Ethics, England, C1
First clinical-grade porcine kidney xenotransplant using a human decedent model
Paige Porrett, Babak Orandi, Vineeta Kumar, Julie Houp, Douglas Anderson, A Killian, Vera Hauptfeld-Dolejsek, Dominque Martin, Sara Macedon, Natalie Budd, Katherine Stegner, Amy Dandro, Maria Kokkinaki, Kasinath Kuravi, Rhiannon Reed, Huma Fatima, John Killian, Gavin Baker, Jackson Perry, Emma Wright, Matthew Cheung, Elise Erman, Karl Kraebber, Tracy Gamblin, Linda Guy, James George, David Ayares, Jayme Locke
(2022), Vol. 22, pp. 1-17, American Journal of Transplantation, London, Eng., C1
Ethical Aspects of Kidney Donation and Transplantation for Migrants
D Martin, R Fadhil, A Więcek
(2022), Vol. 42, Seminars in Nephrology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Moral Distress and Moral Injury in Nephrology During the COVID-19 Pandemic
K Ducharlet, M Trivedi, S Gelfand, H Liew, L McMahon, G Ashuntantang, F Brennan, M Brown, D Martin
(2021), Vol. 41, pp. 253-261, Seminars in Nephrology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
In Defense of Patient Autonomy in Kidney Failure Care When Treatment Choices Are Limited
D Martin, E Muller
(2021), Vol. 41, pp. 242-252, Seminars in Nephrology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Dominique Martin, Antonia Cronin, Anne Dalle Ave, Frank van Haren, Jayme Locke, Eduardo Minambres, Gabriel Oniscu, Brendan Parent
(2021), Vol. 34, pp. 2459-2468, Transplant International, London, Eng., C1
The role of kidney transplantation as a component of integrated care for chronic kidney disease
P O'Connell, M Brown, T Chan, R Claure-Del Granado, S Davies, S Eiam-Ong, M Hassan, K Kalantar-Zadeh, A Levin, D Martin, E Muller, S Ossareh, I Tchokhonelidze, M Trask, A Twahir, A Were, C Yang, A Zemchenkov, P Harden
(2020), Vol. 10, pp. e78-e85, Kidney International Supplements, United States, C1
Developing the ethical framework of end-stage kidney disease care: from practice to policy
V Luyckx, D Martin, M Moosa, A Bello, E Bellorin-Font, T Chan, R Claure-Del Granado, W Douthat, S Eiam-Ong, F Eke, B Goh, V Jha, E Kendal, A Liew, Y Mengistu, E Muller, I Okpechi, E Rondeau, M Sahay, M Trask, T Vachharajani
(2020), Vol. 10, pp. e72-e77, Kidney International Supplements, United States, C1
Ethical challenges in nephrology: a call for action
D Martin, D Harris, V Jha, L Segantini, R Demme, T Le, L McCann, J Sands, G Vong, P Wolpe, M Fontana, G London, B Vanderhaegen, R Vanholder
(2020), Vol. 16, pp. 603-613, Nature Reviews Nephrology, England, C1
Conflicts of interest in the context of end of life care for potential organ donors in Australia
F van Haren, A Carter, E Cavazzoni, M Chapman, R D'Costa, S Jones, A McGee, S Moodie, L Nunnink, M O'Leary, H Opdam, S Radford, A Turner, D Martin
(2020), Vol. 59, pp. 166-171, Journal of Critical Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Ethics of kidney care in the era of COVID-19
D Martin, J Parsons, F Caskey, D Harris, V Jha
(2020), Vol. 98, pp. 1424-1433, Kidney International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Increasing access to integrated ESKD care as part of universal health coverage
D Harris, S Davies, F Finkelstein, V Jha, J Donner, G Abraham, A Bello, F Caskey, G Garcia, P Harden, B Hemmelgarn, D Johnson, N Levin, V Luyckx, D Martin, M McCulloch, M Moosa, P O'Connell, I Okpechi, R Pecoits Filho, K Shah, L Sola, C Swanepoel, M Tonelli, A Twahir, W van Biesen, C Varghese, C Yang, C Zuniga, A Abu Alfa, H Aljubori, M Alrukhaimi, S Andreoli, G Ashuntantang, E Bellorin-Font, B Bernieh, F Ibhais, P Blake, M Brown, E Brown, S Bunnag, T Chan, Y Chen, R Claure-Del Granado, S Claus, A Collins, C Couchoud, A Cueto-Manzano, B Cullis, W Douthat, G Dreyer, S Eiam-Ong, F Eke, J Feehally, M Ghnaimat, B Goh, M Hassan, F Hou, K Jager, K Kalantar-Zadeh, R Kazancioglu, A Levin, A Liew, M McKnight, Y Mengistu, R Morton, E Muller, F Murtagh, S Naicker, M Nangaku, A Niang, G Obrador, S Ossareh, J Perl, M Rahman, H Rashid, M Richards, E Rondeau, M Sahay, A Saleh, D Schneditz, I Tchokhonelidze, V Tesar, M Trask, K Tungsanga, T Vachharajani, R Walker, R Walker, A Were, Q Yao, K Yeates, X Yu, E Zakharova, A Zemchenkov, M Zhao
(2019), Vol. 95, pp. S1-S33, Kidney International, United States, C1
D Martin, K Van Assche, B Domínguez-Gil, M López-Fraga, R García Gallont, E Muller, A Capron
(2019), Vol. 5, Transplantation Direct, United States, C1
Chasing cures: Rewards and risks for rare disease patient organisations involved in research
D Pinto, D Martin, R Chenhall
(2018), Vol. 13, pp. 123-147, BioSocieties, C1
B Domínguez-Gil, G Danovitch, D Martin, M López-Fraga, K Van Assche, M Morris, J Lavee, G Erlich, R Fadhil, M Busic, G Rankin, M Al-Rukhaimi, P O'Connell, J Chin, T Norman, P Massari, R Kamel, F Delmonico
(2018), Vol. 102, pp. e2-e9, Transplantation, United States, C1
D Martin
(2018), Vol. 3, pp. 59-65, Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Greece, E1
Ethical aspects of medical products of human origin
D Martin
(2017), Vol. 12, pp. 281-287, ISBT science series, London, Eng., C1
Ethical Issues in Transnational Eye Banking
D Martin, R Kelly, G Jones, H MacHin, G Pollock
(2017), Vol. 36, pp. 252-257, Cornea, United States, C1
Ethical issues in dialysis therapy
V Jha, D Martin, J Bargman, S Davies, J Feehally, F Finkelstein, D Harris, M Misra, G Remuzzi, A Levin
(2017), Vol. 389, pp. 1851-1856, The Lancet, England, C1
D Martin, M Guillemin, R McDougall, A Brookes, N Hallowell, L Gillam
(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 99-105, AJOB empirical bioethics, Abingdon, Eng., C1
D Martin, G Danovitch
(2017), Vol. 42, pp. 537-558, Journal of medicine and philosophy, Oxford, Eng., C1
Report on the Community Consultative Forum: Contact between donor families and transplant recipients
D Martin
(2017), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
Prevention of transnational transplant-related crimes-what more can be done?
D Martin, K Van Assche, B Domínguez-Gil, M López-Fraga, D Budiani-Saberi, J Lavee, A Tibell, F Moazam, E Muller, G Danovitch, I Codreanu, S Naicker, M Al Rukhaimi, S McGuinness, M Bakr, M Moniruzzaman, A Capron, F Delmonico
(2016), Vol. 100, pp. 1776-1784, Transplantation, United States, C1-1
D Pinto, D Martin, R Chenhall
(2016), Vol. 11, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, England, C1-1
Trade in kidneys is ethically intolerable
D Martin
(2016), Vol. 1, pp. 180-184, Indian journal of medical ethics, Mumbai, India, C1
A Capron, F Delmonico, B Dominguez-Gil, D Martin, G Danovitch, J Chapman
(2016), Vol. 100, pp. 2006-2009, Transplantation, United States, C1
Therapeutic appropriation: A new concept in the ethics of clinical research
R McDougall, D Martin, L Gillam, N Hallowell, A Brookes, M Guillemin
(2016), Vol. 42, pp. 805-808, Journal of Medical Ethics, England, C1
Medical products of human origin: towards global governance tools
L Noel, D Martin
(2015), pp. 383-396, New cannibal markets: globalisation and commodification of the human body, Paris, France, B1-1
D Martin, M Siebelink, B Domínguez-Gil
(2015), Vol. 15, pp. 23-25, American journal of bioethics, London, Eng., C1-1
Financial incentives for living kidney donors: are they necessary?
D Martin, S White
(2015), Vol. 66, pp. 389-395, American journal of kidney diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Pediatric deceased donation - a report of the Transplantation Society meeting in Geneva
D Martin, T Nakagawa, M Siebelink, K Bramstedt, J Brierley, F Dobbels, J Rodrigue, M Sarwal, R Shapiro, B Dominguez-Gil, G Danovitch, S Sweet, R Trompeter, F Moazam, M Bos, F Delmonico
(2015), Vol. 99, pp. 1403-1409, Transplantation, Philadelphia, Pa., C1-1
D Martin, A Tibell
(2015), Vol. 4, pp. 142-144, Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition, C1-1
Living and deceased organ donation should be financially neutral acts
F Delmonico, D Martin, B Domínguez-Gil, E Muller, V Jha, A Levin, G Danovitch, A Capron
(2015), Vol. 15, pp. 1187-1191, American journal of transplantation, London, Eng., C1-1
Ethical issues and transplant tourism
D Martin, F Delmonico
(2014), pp. 69-74, Kidney transplantation : practical guide to management, Berlin, Germany, B1-1
The Doha model of organ donation and transplantation: thinking beyond citizenship
D Martin, R Fadhil
(2014), Vol. 2, pp. 293-329, Griffith journal of law & human dignity, Gold Coast, Qld., C1-1
D Martin, S Kane
(2014), Vol. 7, pp. 10-44, International journal of feminist approaches to bioethics, Ontario, Canada., C1-1
Comment faire face au trafic d'organes ? Le point de vue du Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group
D Martin
(2014), Vol. 14, pp. 62-65, Le courrier de la transplantation, Courbevoie, France., C1-1
G Danovitch, J Chapman, A Capron, A Levin, M Abbud-Filho, M Al Mousawi, W Bennett, D Budiani-Saberi, W Couser, I Dittmer, V Jha, J Lavee, D Martin, M Masri, S Naicker, S Takahara, A Tibell, F Shaheen, V Anantharaman, F Delmonico
(2013), Vol. 95, pp. 1306-1312, Transplantation, Philadelphia, Pa., C1-1
Perilous Voyages: Travel Abroad for organ transplants and stem cell treatments.
D Martin
(2012), pp. 138-166, Risks and challenges in medical tourism : understanding the global market for health services, Santa Barbara, Calif., B1-1
G Crozier, D Martin
(2012), Vol. 12, pp. 45-54, Developing world bioethics, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
D Martin
(2011), Vol. 8, pp. 1-12, PORTAL journal of multidisciplinary international studies, Sydney, N.S.W., C1-1
Caution: deceased donor organ commercialism!
M Epstein, D Martin, G Danovitch
(2011), Vol. 24, pp. 958-964, Transplant international, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
D Martin
(2010), Vol. 10, pp. 377-395, Global social policy, London, Eng, C1-1
Professional and public ethics united in condemnation of transplant tourism
D Martin
(2010), Vol. 10, pp. 18-20, American journal of bioethics, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Ethical Investigation and Consultation on Contact between Donor Families and Transplant Recipients
Prof Dominique Martin
Organ & Tissue Authority Australia
- 2018: $6,000
- 2017: $30,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report