Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine

OE 5450

Hannover Medical School
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
D-30625 Hannover
Phone: +49 511-532-4277

Email: salloch.sabine@mh-hannover.de

Sabine Salloch is full professor and head of the Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine at Hannover Medical School (MHH). She studied medicine and philosophy at the University of Marburg from 1999-2007. She received her medical doctorate in 2006 for a thesis on medical history in the Early Modern Age. In 2015, she received her doctorate in philosophy for a thesis on practical judgement. The habilitation (for ethics, theory and history of medicine) was awarded in 2017. After two years of practice as a physician she worked as a researcher at Ruhr University Bochum from 2009 to 2015. From 2016 to 2020 she headed the Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine at University Medicine Greifswald as an assistant professor (“Juniorprofessorin”). Sabine Salloch is member of the board of the Central Ethics Commission at the Federal Chamber of Physicians and deputy chair of the Central Ethics Commission for Stem Cell Research. Her areas of expertise are professionalism and interprofessionalism in healthcare, ethics of digitization and bioethical methodology.

Publications (selection of 10):

Ranisch, R.*, & Salloch, S.* (2026). Agentic AI, Medical Morality, and the Transformation of the Patient-Physician Relationship. Journal of Medical Ethics. accepted

Ursin, F., & Salloch, S. (2026). The Ethics of AI Scribes as Epistemic Agents JMIR Med Inform, 14, e88235. https://doi.org/10.2196/88235.

Salloch, S. (2026). Planetary Health Research Ethics: Sounding Out the Dimensions. Am J Bioeth, 26(6), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2025.2526749 

Starke, G., Balke, W. T., Benzinger, L., Buchholz, O., Burghardt, M., Meier, L. J., Mihailov, E., Seidlmayer, E., Ranisch, R., Ursin, F., Vayena, E., & Salloch, S. (2026). Digital bioethics: exploring an emerging field. Med Health Care Philos. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-026-10347-1 

Rudra, P., Balke, W. T., Kacprowski, T., Ursin, F., & Salloch, S. (2025). Large language models for surgical informed consent: an ethical perspective on simulated empathy. J Med Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2024-110652 

Heuser, S., Steil, J., & Salloch, S. (2025). AI Ethics beyond Principles: Strengthening the Life-world Perspective. Sci Eng Ethics, 31(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00530-7 

Salloch, S. (2025). Ecological preferences and patient autonomy. J Med Ethics, 51(9), 609-613. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2024-110432 

Salloch, S., & Eriksen, A. (2024). What Are Humans Doing in the Loop? Co-Reasoning and Practical Judgment When Using Machine Learning-Driven Decision Aids. Am J Bioeth, 24(9), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2353800 

Earp, B. D., Porsdam Mann, S., Allen, J., Salloch, S., Suren, V., Jongsma, K., et al. (2024). A Personalized Patient Preference Predictor for Substituted Judgments in Healthcare: Technically Feasible and Ethically Desirable. Am J Bioeth, 24(7), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2023.2296402 

Laacke, S.*, Mueller, R.*, Schomerus, G., & Salloch, S. (2021). Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Depression. A New Concept of Health-Related Digital Autonomy. American Journal of Bioethics, 21(7), 4-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1863515

An overview of all Medline-listed journal publications can be accessed here.