bioethics: Seminar on International Guidelines - Santiago, Chile

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SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN
SUBJECTS
DATES: 16, 17 October 2003
PLACE: Santiago, Chile

This seminar will be addressed to health professionals and investigators in
social sciences that work on research involving human subjects, with special
emphasis on the International Ethical Guidelines CIOMS 2002 and their
applicability to developing countries. It is expected that this encounter
will engender new recommendations about the applicability of the Ethical
Guidelines and their possible modification. Participation in the seminar has
the aims of gaining knowledge about the International Ethical Guidelines for
research involving human subjects in a comparative perspective and to enhance 
the participation on ethical and scientific review committees or counseling to 
organisms that work on research involving human beings. The meeting is 
sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, 
Fogarty International Center, University of Chile and the Nuffield Council on 
Bioethics (United Kingdom).

Among the lecturers that will participate are:
* Abdool Karim, Saleem S. Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Natal, South
Africa;
* Bouësseau, Marie-Charlotte, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland;
* Crawley, Francis P., European Forum for Good Clinical Practice;
* Capron, Alexander M., WHO, Geneva, Switzerland;
* Drane, James, Edinboro University, United States;
* Feinholz, Dafna, Latin American Federation of Ethical and Scientific Review 
Committees, Mexico;
* Fins, Joseph. J., Chief Bioethics Unit, Cornell University Medical School, 
United States;
* Florez-Galvis, Cesar P., Ministerio Protección Social, Colombia;
* Idänpään-Heikkilä, Juhana, CIOMS, Switzerland;
* Keusch, Gerald, NIH, United States;
* Levine, Robert, Yale University, United States.;
* Lolas, Fernando, Regional Program on Bioethics PAHO;
* Maccioni, Ricardo, University of Chile.

REGISTRATION
Regional Program on Bioethics Pan American Health Organization
Providencia 1017, Santiago, Chile
Phone (56-2) 236 0330 Fax (56-2) 346 7219
E-mail: bioetica@chi.ops-oms.org
Web Site:  <http://www.bioetica.ops-oms.org/>
Registration form:  <http://www.uchile.cl/bioetica/doc/ciomsire.htm>



Seminario: PAUTAS ÉTICAS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN SERES HUMANOS
Santiago, Chile, 16-17 de octubre, 2003

Este seminario se dirige a profesionales de la salud y de las ciencias 
sociales que trabajen en investigación con seres humanos, con énfasis especial 
en las Pautas Internacionales CIOMS 2002 y su aplicabilidad en los países en 
desarrollo. Se centrará en el contexto Latinoamericano en una perspectiva 
comparativa internacional tanto de países desarrollados como en desarrollo. 
Como beneficio de este encuentro se espera generar nuevas recomendaciones 
sobre la implementación de las Pautas Éticas Internacionales y su posible 
modificación o ampliación. La participación en el seminario tiene el propósito 
de obtener conocimiento sobre las Pautas Éticas Internaciones para la 
investigación biomédica en seres humanos en una perspectiva comparativa y 
aumentar la participación en los comités de revisión éticos y científicos o 
asesorar a organismos que trabajan en la investigación que involucra seres 
humanos. La reunión está auspiciada por la Organización Panamericana de la 
Salud, la Organización Mundial de la Salud, el Fogarty International Center, 
la Universidad de Chile y el Nuffield Council on Bioethics (United Kingdom).

Entre los expositores que participarán se cuentan:

* Abdool Karim, Saleem S. Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Natal, South
Africa;
* Bouësseau, Marie-Charlotte, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland;
* Crawley, Francis P., European Forum for Good Clinical Practice;
* Capron, Alexander M., WHO, Geneva, Switzerland;
* Drane, James, Edinboro University, United States;
* Feinholz, Dafna, Federación Latinoamericana de Comités de Ética de
Investigación, México;
* Fins, Joseph. J., Chief Bioethics Unit, Cornell University Medical School,
United States;
* Florez-Galvis, Cesar P., Ministerio Protección Social, Colombia;
* Idänpään-Heikkilä, Juhana, CIOMS, Switzerland;
* Keusch, Gerald, NIH, United States.;
* Levine, Robert, Yale University, United States;
* Lolas, Fernando, Programa Regional de Bioética, OPS/OMS;
* Maccioni, Ricardo, Universidad de Chile.

INSCRIPCIONES
Programa Regional de Bioética Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Providencia 1017, Santiago, Chile
Fono: (56-2) 236 0330 Fax (56-2) 346 7219
E-mail: bioetica@chi.ops-oms.org
Web Site:  <http://www.bioetica.ops-oms.org/> 
Ficha de Inscripción:  <http://www.uchile.cl/bioetica/doc/ciomsere.htm>

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