Professor Pierre Mallia qualified as a Medical Doctor in 1992. He dedicated himself to Bioethics and Family Medicine and was President of the Malta College of Family Doctors for nine years during which he led delegations to London to introduce the International Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP(INT) leading to a rigorous Vocational Training program worthy of this prestigious specialization qualification. He also introduced the Fellowship of the Malta College based on one's practice and work beyond the practice. In March of 2024 he was awarded and Honorary Fellowship of the Malta College of Family Doctors.
He is a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and Technology - a very small group chosen by the EU for a period of three years to give advice to the President of the EU. He also represents Malta on the Committee for Bioethics of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the CDBIO, and was chosen for two consecutive times (4 years) to be on its executive committee (CDBIO bureau).
He is also currently the chairperson of the Bioethics Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Health, and the Chair of the Health Ethics Committee of the Dept. of Public Health, which overseas research applications. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Leannec II, University of Lyon, and participates in many European Projects related to his area of study.
He is on the Mater Dei Hospital Live Organ Transplant Advisory Committee (LOTAC) which reviews case for organ transplantation and interviews donors and recipients. His main interests are: Genetics, Neuroethics, and improvement of End-of-Life care.
He is a Chartered Biologist and a Graduate and Member of the British Institute of Biology (1993); awarded a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Malta in 1998 and his doctoral Philosophy of Medicine (focusing on Genetics) in 2002 from the Radboud University of Nijmegen, Holland. He also has a MA in Law from the University of Malta and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK).
listed as 'in progress' or 'in publication' in Research Interests and Publications:
Chapter by Invitation on Materno-Fetal Ethics in Cambridge Textbook On Gynaecoogy, The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (editor: Prof. Tahir Mahmood – Immediate Past Pressident of the EBCOG), Cambridge University Press in progress
