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Meetup 19: Tuesday, March 19 at 04 pm (Geneva time)

Ethical Challenges of Conducting Human Subjects Research


This Brocher Meetup will focus on the ethical challenges of conducting human subjects research, particularly health-related research.  The panelists will discuss the challenges they have faced and how they have navigated them in their different geographic (China, United States) and research contexts (bioethics, law, and 

anthropology).

 

Chair: Sally Davies

Editor, Aeon magazine



Brietta R. Clark 

Interim Dean and Senior Vice President , Professor of law and J.Rex Dibble Fellow

Loyola Law School, Marymount University

brietta.clark@lls.edu



Shana Harris

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Secondary Joint Appointment), University of Central Florida

Shana.Harris@ucf.edu



Haihong Zhang

Office Director, Peking University Human Research Protection Program

zhanghh@pku.edu.cn



Brocher Meetup Replays

Special Edition # 1 | 13 November 2020 | The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Humanitarian Crisis


For this special edition, we received:

  • Karl Blanchet Professor @ Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
  • Joanne Liù Doctor @ University of Montreal
  • Antoine Flahault Professor @ University of Geneva
  • Ciara Staunton Doctor @ Middlesex University of London as moderator

# 1 | 28 January 2021 | Covid and bioethics; What role have bioethicists have played in forming policy, what have we learned so far and how best to be constructive going forward

For this first Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Arthur Caplan Professor @ NYU Grossmann School of Medicine
  • Kiarash Aramesh Assistant Professor @ Edinboro University
  • Thomas Douglas Professor @ University of Oxford
  • Jan Heldge Solbakk Professor @ University of Oslo
  • Yeyang Su Doctor@ Chinese Academy of Sciences of Beijing
Related Bibliography:
  • Kupferschmidt, K. (2020) WHO unveils global plan to fairly distribute COVID-19 vaccine, but challenges await. Science ( Link) | World Health Organization (2020) WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination, 14 September 2020 (Link) | COVAX – Working for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines (Link)
  • Initiatives from South Africa and India in calling for the IP reform to facilitate access to vaccines in less resourceful countries. Usher, A. D. (2020) South Africa and India push for COVID-19 patents ban. The Lancet. [Online] 396 (10265), 1790–1791.
  • Springer article (Link)

# 2 | 11 February 2021 | Priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination: Ethics, policy and practice in select jurisdictions

For this second Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Françoise Baylis Professor @ Dalhousie University
  • Gaia Barazzetti Senior Researcher @ University of Lausanne
  • Angus Clarke Professor @ Cardiff University
  • Bjorn Hoffman Professor @ University of Oslo
  • Jan Eerik Leppänen PhD Researcher @ Felm NGO

# 3 | 25 February 2021 | From your perspective, what has been your country's greatest or most unexpected challenge or unintended consequence in relation to Covid-19?

For this third Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Diane B. Paul Professor @ University Massachusetts Boston
  • Meredith Temple Smith Professor @ University of Melbourne
  • Ruth Chadwick Professor Emerita @ Cardiff University
  • Flis Henwood Professor @ University of Brighton
  • Alexandre McClelland Assistant Professor @ Carleton University
  • Brigìda Riso PhD @ CIES-iscte, Lisbon
  • Priya Satalkar Dr @ Ghent University
  • Denise Steers Dr @ University of Otago
  • Mary Jean Walker Dr @ La Trobe University
 
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# 4 | 11 March 2021 | What Have We Learned About COVID Preparedness so Far, and Where Does Bioethics Leads Us?

For this fourth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Barry R. Furrow Professor @ Drexel University
  • Robert Cook-Deagan Professor @ Arizona State University
  • Dena S. Davies Professor @  Lehigh University
  • Stefan Ecks Doctor @ University of Edinburgh
  • Reed Pyeritz Professor @ University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Leigh E. Rich Professor @ Georgia Southern University
 

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# 5 | 25 March 2021 | Covid and its impact on the ethics of pandemic surveillance

For this fith Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester
  • Michael Bartos Honorary Associate Professor @ Australian National University
  • Lukas Engelmann Doctor @  The University of Edinburgh
  • Alain Giami Emeritus Research Professor @ INSERM France
  • Adam Henschke Doctor @ National Security College, College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Christos Lynteris Doctor @ University of St Andrews
  • Benjamin Mason Meier Associate Professor @ University of North California
  • Monika Sawhney Associate Professor @ University of North California
 

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# 6 | 29 April 2021 | Mandating Covid-19 Vaccination Certificates and Passports: Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

For this sixth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Ruth Macklin Professor @ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
  • Sharon Bassan @ DePaul University College of Law, Chicago
  • Diego S. Silva Lecture @ The University of Sydney School of Public Health
  • Maxwell J. Smith  Assistant Professor @ Western University, London, Ontario

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# 7 | 27 May 2021 | Justice in an Unjust World: COVID -19 and Global Justice

For this seventh Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Laurie Zoloth Professor @ The University of Chigago
  • Anna Berti Suman @ Tilburg University, Institute for law
  • Tereza Hendl Research Associate @ University in Munich
  • Euzebiusz Jamrozik Dr @ University of Oxford
  • Ali Kazemian Chair & Assistant Professor @ Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
    Prevan Moodley Senior Researcher @ University of Johannesburg
  • William Ollier Emeritus Professor @ University of Manchester
  • Ruud ter Meulen Emeritus Professor @ University of Bristol
  • John Noël Vina Dr  @ The Australian  National University  

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# 8 | 8 July 2021 | Visions of a post-pandemic world

For this eight Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Diane B. Paul Professor @ University of Massachusetts Boston | Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
  • Arthur Caplan Professor @ NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Barry R. Furrow Professor @ Drexel University
  • Ruth Macklin Emeritus Professor  @ Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester
  • Laurie Zoloth Professor @ The University of Chicago 

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# 9 | 22 September 2021 | The Ethics of organoids

For this ninth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Alysson R. Muotri Dr, Professor @ University of California San Diego
  • Jan Helge Solbakk Professor @ University of Oslo

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# 10 | 8 December 2021 | The Past, Present, and Future of Human Experimentation: Research Ethics after Covid-19

For this tenth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Andreas Frewer Professor @ Friedrich-Alexander University
  • Otmar Kloiber Dr @ World Medical Association
  • Ulf Schmidt Professor @ University of Hamburg
  • Dominique Sprumont Professor  @ Institute of Health Law, Federal Office of Public Health

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# 11 | 17 March 2022 | Is humanitarianism fit for purpose? Ethical considerations on humanitarian practices from a practitioner and historical perspective

For this eleventh Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Carloline Abu Sa’da Director @ Swiss SOS Méditerranée
  • Karl Blanchet Professor @ Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies
  • Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester

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# 12 | 31 May 2022 | Navigating the surrogacy labyrinth: the ethical, legal and psychological dimensions for children

For this twelfth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Mia Dambach @ Child Identity Protection
  • Géraldine Mathiew Professor @ University of Namur
  • Sharon Pettle Dr @ University College London

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#13 | 14 November 2022 | Ethical and legal complexities in genomic data sharing in consortia: reflections from Asia, Africa and Europe.

For this twelfth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Ciara Staunton @ Eurac Research
  • Calvin Ho @ University of Hong Kong  
  • Deborah Mascalzoni @ Eurac Research
  • Paulina Tindana @ University of Ghana School of Public Health
  • Follow this link to watch the replay on our youtube channel: Replay

# 14 | 02 March 2023 | Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: The Ethics of Benefit-Cost Analysis.

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine

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# 15 | 12 June 2023 | Exploring Moral Resilience and Ethical Practice Across Cultures.

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Cynda Hylton Rushton @ Johns Hopkins University
  • Ingrid Miljeteig @ University of Bergen
  • Rachel Chikondi @ Lilongwe Institute of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery (LION)

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# 16 | 21 August 2023 | Three approaches to Death and Dying: Japanese, Sub-Saharan African and American.

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Nancy S. Jecker, PhD @ University of Washington
  • Miho Tanaka, MPH @ Japan Medical Association Research Institute
  • Gail Van Norman @ University of Washington

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# 17 | 02 November 2023 |Restricting rights in the name of health

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • David Carter, Associate Professor @ University of New South Wales
  • Lisa Forman, Associate Professor @ University of Toronto
  • Katie Young, Professor @ Boston College Law School

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# 18 | 22 January 2022 |Ethics and Care workforce

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:
  • Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
  • Howard Catton, Chief Executive Officer @ International Council of Nurses, Geneva
  • Ann Gallagher, Professor and Head of Health Sciences @ University of London
  • Elizabeth Peter, Professor @ University of Toronto

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