Graham O’Brien has a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Canterbury University), 3 years post-doctoral experience in molecular virology (Auckland University) and a Masters degree in Theology from Laidlaw College (formally the Bible College of New Zealand). Currently Graham is the Vicar of the Picton Anglican Parish, in the Anglican Diocese of Nelson. He is also member of the InterChurch Bioethics Council, representing the Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches of Aotearoa, New Zealand on issue relating to bioethics.