International Research Ethics
INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR
The Center, in collaboration with MSU's Colleges of Human Medicine and Law is offering a new, 2-credit interdisciplinary seminar for Fall 2007 entitled, International Law and Ethics of Human Subjects Research.
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Hiram College Center for Literature and Medicine in partnership with Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care and with the co-sponsorship of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Department of Bioethics is sponsoring a national symposium to address critical topics within the international health care community and issues of disparity within the U.S. health care system. Global Health Care Justice in Hiram, OH, June 22-25, 2006.
West African Bioethics Discussions
The West African Bioethics Training Program has created an online discussion forum for ethical issues confronted in this part of the world. Interested persons are encouraged to participate actively in this discussion forum.
Resources: Protection of Human Subjects/International Research
The following list of resources pertaining to protection of human subjects - international research was complied by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Council For International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects
- United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Declaration
of Helsinki, World Medical Association
- World Health Organization – Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees that Review Biomedical Research (available in seven languages)
- World Health Organization
– Surveying and Evaluating Ethical Review Practices
- The Nuffield Council on Bioethics
- European Network for Biomedical Ethics
- Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review, SIDCER
- Forum for Ethics
Committees in the Confederation of Independent States (FECCIS)
- Forum for Ethical Review Committees in Asia and the Western Pacific (FERCAP)
- Foro Latino Americano de Comites de Etica en Investigacion en Salud (FLACEIS)
- Pan-African Bioethics Initiative (PABIN)
- Ethical Basis for U.S. Regulations—Belmont Report
- DHHS Human Subjects Regulations (45 CFR 46)
- USAID Interpretive
Guide to The Common Rule
- FDA Regulations (21 CFR 50) Protection of Human Subjects
- FDA Regulations (21 CFR 56) Institutional Review Boards
- FDA Information Sheets
- CDC Associate Director for Science
- NIH Bioethics Resources on the Web
- Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research at the Harvard School of Public Health
