The Future of Public Health: A Millennial Symposium Series

"Ethical Issues in Public Health Research in Vulnerable Populations"

  • What are our obligations to subjects during and after a clinical trial?
  • What standard of care do researchers owe subjects in developing countries?
  • What constitutes a benefit of a research study?
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  • View webcast -- introduction and all speakers' presentations

Event was held:

Thursday, March 7, 2002
3:30 pm-5:30 pm
Snyder Auditorium
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Event was hosted by Dean Barry R. Bloom

Panelists:

  • David Hunter, Sc.D., Professor of Epidemiology, Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Director, Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
  • Leslie London, M.D., Director for Environmental Research, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town
  • Ruth Macklin, Ph.D., Professor of Bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
This symposium was made possible through a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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