AboutMaySymposium

Challenges in Research Ethics Assessment

Experiences from Africa and Europe

You are cordially invited to attend the symposium organised by The Embassy of Good Science, in collaboration with EUREC and LiberHetica, 13:00 – 18:00 CET, May 25th, 2021.

                     The symposium is will be live streamed here:
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The symposium aims to facilitate the sharing of experiences and perspectives on research ethics assessment challenges between African and European experts. The symposium is organized into four sessions in which experts will present on challenges and solutions related to the theme of their session. A panel discussion will follow the speaker presentations.

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Session 1: Ethical education and teaching

Jocelyne Neto de VasconcelosINIS - Instituto Nacional de Investigação em Saúde, Angola

Mariëtte van den HovenAmsterdam UMC, The Netherlands

Telma Chicuamba & Vânia CastroDirecção Nacional de Farmácia & Departamento Farmacêutico do Ministério da Saúde, Mozambique

Panagiotis KavourasThe National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Session 2: Independence of research ethics committees

Elmar Doppelfeld, The European Network of Research Ethics Committees, Germany

Crisolita Duarte & Victor Francisco Gomes, Comité Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa para a Saúde & Célula de Gestão do PNDS /Ministério da Saúde Pública, Cape Verde

Basutli Ramontshonyana, The University of Botswana, Botswana

Eugenijus Gefenas, Vilnius University, Lituania

Session 3: Research ethics challenges during public health emergencies

Maria Patrão Neves & Maria Alexandra Ribeir, University of the Azores & National Ethics Committee for Clinical Research, Portugal

Francis Masiye, Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), Malawi Samba Cor Sarr, Comité national d'éthique pour la recherche en santé, Sénégal

Carine Kades, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), The Republic of Congo

Session 4: Practical, logistic and other challenges

Dirk Lanzerath, The European Network of Research Ethics Committees, Germany

Jemee Tegli, the University of Liberia - Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (UL-PIRE) IRB, Liberia

David Townend, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Drabo K. Maxime, National Ethics Committee of Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso

Dominique Sprumont, Commission cantonale d'éthique de la recherche, Switzerland

Paul Kazyoba, National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania

Chairs

1. Ethical education and teaching: Jemee Tegli 2. Independence of RECs: Dirk Lanzerath 3. Research ethics challenges during public health emergencies: Gloria Mason 4. Practical and logistical issues: Rien Janssens