Eirini Petrou
Doctoral researcher @ ETH Zürich
Eirini Petrou is a sociologist and bioethicist based in Zürich, Switzerland, where she is pursuing her doctoral research at the Health Ethics and Policy Lab at ETH Zürich. Her work focuses on the ethical and social dimensions of Generative AI, particularly Large Language Models, and on how these systems can be integrated responsibly into clinical practice and healthcare workflows. Alongside her doctorate, Eirini collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO), contributing to the development of policy guidelines on the use of conversational agents in healthcare. She also serves as a faculty member at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Bioethics Academy, a collaborative initiative between Johns Hopkins University and ETH Zürich that provides high-quality bioethics education to students and young professionals in Greece. Eirini’s broader mission is to ensure that technological innovation evolves together with ethical foresight. She works to advance ethical and governance frameworks that support responsible deployment, while remaining committed to making scientific and ethical debates accessible to diverse audiences. She holds degrees from the University of Crete (BSc), King’s College London (MSc), and the University of Oxford (PGCert).