PAST EVENT: Challenges in Research Ethics Assessment

Experiences from Africa and Europe

The Embassy of Good Science organised a symposium in collaboration with EUREC, BERC-Luso, AfriEthique, and LiberHetica. The event took place on May 25th, 2021. The presentations of each session will be soon available.

The symposium facilitated the sharing of experiences and perspectives on research ethics assessment challenges between African and European experts. The symposium was organized into four sessions in which experts presented on challenges and solutions related to the theme of their session, with a panel discussion following the speaker presentations.

The symposium:

Opening

Prof. Guy WiddershovenPrincipal Investigator of The Embassy of Good Science, The Netherlands

Session 1: Ethical education and teaching

Jocelyne Neto de VasconcelosHead of the National Health Research Centre of Angola (INIS), Angola

Prof. Mariëtte van den HovenProfessor of Medical Philosophy and Ethics at the Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands

Telma ChicuambaHead of Clinical Trials Division, Department of the Evaluation of Medicines, Vaccines, Biologicals and Health Products, Mozambique

Vânia CastroInspection, Licensing and Pharmacovigilance Services in the Pharmaceutical Department of the Ministry of Health, Sao Tome and Principe

Panagiotis KavourasSenior researcher at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Session 2: Independence of research ethics committees

Prof. Dr. Elmar DoppelfeldChairman of the European Network of Research Ethics Committees, Germany

Dr. Victor Francisco GomesMember of the National Ethics Committee for Health, National Institute of Public Health, Guinea-Bissau

Ester Delgado OliveiraTechnician of the Pharmaceutical Regulation Directorate of the Independent Health Regulatory Authority, Cape Verde

Basulti RamontshonyanaResearch officer at the University of Botswana, Botswana

Prof. Dr. Eugenijus GefenasProfessor and Director of the Department of Medical History and Ethics at the Medical Faculty of Vilnius University, Lituania

Session 3: Research ethics challenges during public health emergencies

Prof. Maria Patrão NevesProfessor of Ethics and member of the World Emergency Covid-19 Pandemic Ethics, Portugal

Prof. Dr. Maria Alexandra RibeiroPresident of the National Ethics Committee for Clinical Research and board member of EUREC, Portugal

Francis MasiyeIRB/REC Administrator in the Directorate of Research, Postgraduate Studies and Outreach at the Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi

Samba Cor SarrHead of the Research Division at the DPRS and secretary of the national ethics committee, Senegal

Prof. Dominique SprumontProfessor of Health Law, President of the REC of the Canton of Vaud, Co-founder and deputy director of the Institute of Health Law, TRREE Coordinator, Member of CIOMS executive committee, Switzerland

Carine Kades Administrative Manager of CeRMI-FCRM and Secretary of the Institutional Ethics Committee, The Republic of Congo

Session 4: Practical, logistic and other challenges

Prof. Dr. Dirk LanzerathSecretary General of The European Network of Research Ethics Committees and Managing Director of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences, Germany

Jemee TegliCoordinator at the University of Liberia - Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (UL-PIRE) IRB and coordinator of LiberHetica, Liberia

Prof. Dr. David TownendProfessor of Health and Life Sciences Jurisprudence at Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Koiné Maxime DraboSenior researcher in Public Health, ational Ethics Committee of Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso

Closing

Gloria Mason RossDirector, National Research Ethics Board/PREVAIL/WAC, President, West African Network of Ethics Committees, Liberia

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

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