[2] From 2012 to 2016 she was Chair of the German Ethics Council[3] and from 2014 to 2016 President of the Global Summit of National Ethics/Bioethics Committees.

After having worked as a doctor in gynecology and obstetrics, Woopen changed her professional activities and focused on medical ethics.

Her main research interests pertain to ethical questions in reproductive and prenatal medicine, neuroethics, health literacy and quality of life as well as the future of health care in times of digitalization.

[9] She mainly engages in inter- and transdisciplinary research projects, partly in international consortia.

[11] In April 2020, Woopen was appointed by Minister-President Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia to a 12-member expert group to advise on economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.