Dr. Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki embarked on his professional journey upon graduating as a physician in 2005, with a keen interest in medical ethics cultivated during his MD program. His career took a significant turn when he enrolled in a Ph.D. program in medical ethics in 2009. Since then, he has been actively involved in teaching various undergraduate and post-graduate educational programs and conducting extensive research in diverse fields of bioethics, including research ethics, clinical ethics, public health ethics, and bioethics governance. He has been a featured speaker at numerous national and international workshops and conferences, often delivering keynote addresses.

From 2014, Dr. Shamsi held the esteemed position of Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Concurrently, he assumed pivotal roles such as Secretary of the National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Senior Advisor and Secretary of the Medical Ethics Committee at Iran Medical Council, and Secretary of the Medical Ethics Group at the Iran Academy of Medical Sciences. During this tenure, he played a pivotal role in establishing national systems of research ethics, clinical ethics, professional ethics, and public health ethics. His notable contributions include developing guidelines and a national system for the registration and accreditation of research ethics committees, as well as indexing research ethics approvals. Additionally, he spearheaded the development of the Iran Medical Council Code of Ethics and The Iran Healthcare Professionals' Charter of Rights, significantly impacting health research and practice at the national level.

Dr. Shamsi's engagement with the international arena of bioethics commenced with his internship at the Department of Health Ethics and Governance at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva in 2010, followed by a stint as a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Since 2018, he has been appointed by the UNESCO Director-General as one of the 36 members of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (IBC), assuming the Vice-chair position in 2023.

Currently, Dr. Shamsi serves as a consultant and lead writer of WHO clinical ethics guidance and holds the esteemed position of Vice-chair of the WHO Ethics Review Committee (ERC), of which he has been a member since 2021. During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, he has been actively engaged at both national and international levels. Nationally, he led a team in developing COVID-19 prioritization policies and guidelines for Iran, overseeing the ethical supervision of all COVID-19 research in the country as the secretary of the national research ethics committee, with a focus on ensuring the inclusion of migrants in the vaccination program. Internationally, he serves as a member of the WHO Ethics & Governance of Infectious Disease Outbreaks Working Group.

In 2023, Dr. Shamsi embarked on a new role as a lecturer at the Monash University Bioethics Centre, a prestigious institute in bioethics. He has authored numerous research articles, including contributions to leading journals such as The Lancet and Nature Medicine, and has supervised dozens of theses in bioethics.

• Global Health Ethics (Epistemic Injustice, Global Health Equity)
• Bioethics Governance and Implementation and Justification of Ethical Standards
• Research Ethics (Clinical Research Ethics, Research Integrity, and Publication Ethics)
• Clinical Ethics (Professional Ethics, End of Life Issues, Organ Transplantation)
• Public Health Ethics (Health Services for Migrants and Vulnerable Populations)