about the center for bioethics & Health Policy

about the center for bioethics & Health Policy

Building the ethical
frameworks of tomorrow.

When diverse voices inform ethical frameworks, we create guidance that truly serves society.

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We didn’t start the Center for Bioethics and Health Policy because we wanted to start a company.   We started it because we kept encountering the same gap across research and policy work: projects exploring complex questions in health, technology, and society often lacked integrated expertise in bioethics and qualitative research.

Bioethical questions – about justice, responsibility, autonomy, harm, and care – are deeply human questions. Yet too often they are addressed without robust engagement with the people whose lives and experiences they affect. At the same time, many social and life sciences projects seek high-quality qualitative and mixed-methods research but lack the ethical and conceptual frameworks needed to interpret those findings in ways that inform responsible governance. CBHP was created to bring these strands together.

Our work sits at the intersection of bioethics, social medicine, health policy, and qualitative research. We combine rigorous ethical analysis with empirical research methods, including qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, to help researchers, institutions, and policymakers navigate complex questions about emerging technologies, healthcare systems, and social change.

A core principle of our work is the importance of lived experience. Many areas of bioethics, particularly those involving reproduction, disability, mental health, or medical innovation, intersect with experiences that can be sensitive, complex, or deeply personal. We are committed to embedding trauma-informed and respectful research practices, ensuring that engagement with participants is thoughtful, responsible, and meaningful.

We believe that the people most affected by technological and policy decisions should have a voice in shaping them.

CBHP collaborates with partners across sectors, including academic institutions, research centers, SMEs, civil society organisations, and international research consortia. In addition to contributing to collaborative research, we also lead our own independent research programmes focused on emerging ethical and governance challenges in health and technology.

Ilona Cenolli

Founder

How we work

Every question deserves careful thought. We convene diverse voices across health and policy to shape decisions that are evidence-based, ethically sound, and built to last.

Meet the Team

Ilona Cenolli

Ilona Cenolli

Director, Head of Research

Ilona leads the Center with the conviction that ethics and evidence belong together. Ilona is a qualitative researcher and policy specialist with a decade of combined experience undertaking interdisciplinary qualitative research.​ ​ Ilona holds a Master of Bioethics from Harvard University and has worked across academic, regulatory, and policy settings, including Harvard Medical School, the UK General Medical Council, and independently for the Albanian Ministry of Health and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

Enea Kuka

Enea Kuka

Business Development Manager

Enea turns ambition into action. With years of experience driving growth across tech and enterprise markets, he now puts that energy behind expanding the Center's reach and impact. Enea has focused on market research and strategy across diverse sectors. He has also advanced into business development and commercial strategy management, strengthening his expertise in building sustainable programmes and initiatives. He holds degrees in International Marketing and Business Administration.

Allison Milbrath

Allison Milbrath

Research Manager

Allison is responsible for leading our work on Ectogestation and Parenthood. ​Before joining the team, Allison conducted bioethics and policy research for the WHO on global sustainable clinical trials, and for the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on topics across reproduction, emerging technologies, and disagreements in paediatric critical care. Prior to that, Allison earned a MSc in Bioethics & Society from King's College London and worked in emergency pandemic response for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

Diori Angjeli

Diori Angjeli

Grants Manager / Senior Researcher

Diori keeps the Center's research funded and moving forward. As Grants Manager and Researcher, he has a sharp eye for opportunity and an even sharper eye for the fine print. He brings six years of experience in the projects and think tank sector, with a focus on public consultations, good governance, and ethics in public administration. He has worked on initiatives funded by the UNDP, the European Commission and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), among others. ​Diori holds an MSc in Conflict and Development Studies from Ghent University.

Orla Anandarajah

Digital Communications Lead

Orla leads the development of our digital presence and engagement strategy, shaping how our research and insights are communicated with clarity and care. A Public Relations and Digital Communications professional with over six years’ experience across healthcare, charity, policy and research, she plays a key role in strengthening how we engage with our audiences – ensuring content is accessible, grounded in evidence, and responsive to lived experience. She has previously worked at the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and The Royal Marsden, with a focus on ethical and impactful communication.

Claire Bortolotto

Researcher

Claire is a Clinical Ethicist by training, working on the traditional, ancestral and unceded homelands of the Coastal Salish peoples (the xʷmәθkʷәy̓әm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations), colonially known as Vancouver, Canada. Claire holds a Master of Arts in Medical Ethics and Law from King’s College London, a Certificate in Health Law from Osgoode Hall Law School and an Honours Specialization in Health Sciences from Western University. She has academic and professional experience in both the Canadian and British contexts.

Orla Anandarajah

Teni Billa

Research Assistant

Teni supports the qualitative research workstream. He knows that good research lives in the details. Teni gained professional experience in an academic environment, where he supported quality assurance, coordination, and institutional operations. He has also worked in the fintech sector in a human capital and organisational capacity, as well as in consultancy, where he engaged in recruitment and stakeholder coordination. ​​ He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in International Relations and Political Science.

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Why work with us

Independent research means impartial answers.

Complex questions about health and technology require multiple perspectives. Our work integrates expertise across bioethics, social sciences, law, policy, and life sciences from the outset.

Why work with us

Interdisciplinary by design.

Complex questions about health and technology require multiple perspectives. Our work integrates expertise across bioethics, social sciences, law, policy, and life sciences from the outset.

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Why work with us

Grounded in lived experience.

Complex questions about health and technology require multiple perspectives. Our work integrates expertise across bioethics, social sciences, law, policy, and life sciences from the outset.

Why work with us

Interdisciplinary by design.

Complex questions about health and technology require multiple perspectives. Our work integrates expertise across bioethics, social sciences, law, policy, and life sciences from the outset.

Why work with us

Interdisciplinary by design.

Complex questions about health and technology require multiple perspectives. Our work integrates expertise across bioethics, social sciences, law, policy, and life sciences from the outset.

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Our locations

From the UK to the world.

Center for Bioethics & Health Policy is built to anticipate developer workflows, from environment setup to deployment automation. We learn how you work, then remove the friction before it starts.

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London

CBHP Main Office

One Canada Square, Canary Wharf Estate, London E14 5AA, United Kingdom

What guides us at CBHP?

Rigour

Pursue excellence in research

We maintain high methodological and ethical standards so our work is robust, transparent, and critically engaged.

Collaboration

Strengthen ideas through shared expertise

Many areas of bioethics involve deeply personal experiences, so we commit to trauma-informed and respectful research practices.

Care

Conduct research with sensitivity & respect

Many areas of bioethics involve deeply personal experiences, so we commit to trauma-informed and respectful research practices.

Curiosity

Question assumptions & explore new ideas

We approach complex problems with intellectual openness and critical thinking.

Responsibility

Recognise the impact of our work

We take seriously the societal implications of research and how it can shape policy, institutions, and communities.

Rigour

Pursue excellence in research

We maintain high methodological and ethical standards so our work is robust, transparent, and critically engaged.

Collaboration

Strengthen ideas through shared expertise

Many areas of bioethics involve deeply personal experiences, so we commit to trauma-informed and respectful research practices.

Care

Conduct research with sensitivity & respect

Many areas of bioethics involve deeply personal experiences, so we commit to trauma-informed and respectful research practices.

Curiosity

Question assumptions & explore new ideas

We approach complex problems with intellectual openness and critical thinking.

Responsibility

Recognise the impact of our work

We take seriously the societal implications of research and how it can shape policy, institutions, and communities.

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