AboutMaySymposium
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 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 videos for each session are available on The Embassy's youtube channel, in the following playlist:
Opening
Session 1: Ethical education and teaching
Presentations
- Jocelyne Neto de Vasconcelos: A biomedical education project, goals and methods. Available here.
- Mariëtte van den Hoven: Research ethics & education: Developments & challenges in NL here.
- Panagiotis Kavouras: Under the shadow of the Acropolis: Teaching research ethics to engineers. Available here.
Session 2: Independence of research ethics committees
Presentations
- Elmar Doppelfeld: Independence of Research Ethics Committees. Available here.
- Ester Delgado Oliveira & Victor Francisco Gomes: BCG Vaccination: One project, two decisions. Available here.
- Basutli Ramontshonyana: Independence of Research Ethics Committees: A case study of UB RECs. Available here.
- Eugenijus Gefenas: Impact of the new EU clinical trial regulation on RECs. Available here.
Session 3: Research ethics challenges during public health emergencies
Presentations
- Maria Patrão Neves & Maria Alexandra Ribeiro: Challenges & practices of RECs in Public Health Emergencies. Available here.
- Dominique Sprumont : The challenges of handling the ethical review of COVID-related applications. Available here.
- Samba Cor Sarr: Research ethics challenges during public health emergencies. Available here.
- Francis Masiye: Experiences of RECs in Malawi in Reviewing Research Protocols during COVID-19. Available here.
Session 4: Practical, logistic and other challenges
Closing
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
Organizing Team
1. Shalini Harinarain (Virje Universiteit, Amsterdam)
2. Natalie Evans (AmsterdamUMC)
3. Rien Janssens (AmsterdamUMC)
4. Dario Scaramuzzi (Revolution Worldwide)