The Ethics of Healthcare-Related Research in Developing Countries and appointment of new members of Council
Thu, 17 February 2000
THE ETHICS OF HEALTHCARE-RELATED RESEARCH
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
and
APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics announced today a major new Inquiry into the ethics of healthcare-related research in developing countries, following the release of their discussion paper on this topic in October 1999. The Working Party will seek the public's views in a consultation planned for later in the year. Its terms of reference are:
1 To review the importance of healthcare-related research in humans, supported by those in more affluent countries and conducted, at least partly, in developing countries.
2 To identify and consider the ethical and social implications of conducting such research including:
a) who benefits from the research;
b) consent;
c) differences in cultural values;
d) differences in levels of healthcare between countries;
e) compatibility of ethical guidelines produced by international bodies;
f) the respective responsibilities of local and non-local ethics review bodies, and mechanisms for review and monitoring;
g) follow-up, including the possible implementation of findings, after the completion of research.
3 To make recommendations.
The Working Party expects to report in 2001, membership is listed below.
Membership of the Working Party for
The Ethics of Healthcare-related Research in Developing Countries
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman (Chairman)
Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham
Professor Michael Elves
Former Director, Office of Scientific and Educational Affairs, Glaxo Wellcome plc
Professor V I Mathan
Division Director, Laboratory Sciences Division,
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Keith McAdam
Director, MRC Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia
Dr Anne McLaren
Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge
Dr David Nabarro
Project Manager, Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization, Geneva
Lord Parekh
Professor of Political Theory, University of Hull
Professor David Parkin
Professor of Social Anthropology, Oxford University and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
Professor Povl Riis
Copenhagan Ministry of Science
Mrs Shahwar Sadeque
Educational & ICT Consultant
Dr Jaime Sepúlveda
Director General, Instituto Nacional De Salud Publica, Mexico
Professor Nelson Sewankambo
Dean, Makerere University, Uganda
Professor Peter Smith
Head of Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Diseases
APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS
Six new members joined the Nuffield Council on Bioethics in January this year. The new members are Professor Tom Baldwin, Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Mrs Rebecca Howard, Professor John Ledingham, Professor Catherine Peckham and Professor Herbert Sewell. The membership of the Council from January 2000 is listed below:
Professor Ian Kennedy (Chairman)
Professor of Health Law, Ethics and Policy, School of Public Policy, University College London
Professor Martin Bobrow CBE (Deputy Chairman)
Head of Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge
Professor Tom Baldwin
Head of Department of Philosophy, University of York
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman
(co-opted member of Council for the period of his Chairmanship of the Working Party on the ethics of healthcare-related research in developing countries).
Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham
Revd Professor Duncan Forrester
Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology, University of Edinburgh
Professor Brian Heap CBE FRS
Master, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge
Mrs Rebecca Howard
Executive Director of Nursing, Manchester Children's Hospital
Lady Sonia Hornby
Chairman, the Kingwood Trust
Professor John Ledingham
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford
Mr Derek Osborn CB
Chairman of the European Environment Agency; Chairman of UK Roundtable on Sustainable Development
Professor Catherine Peckham CBE
Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, University College London
Professor Martin Raff
Professor of Biology, University College London
Nick Ross
Broadcaster
Professor Herbert Sewell
Professor of Immunology, Department of Molecular & Clinical Immunology, University of Nottingham
Professor Albert Weale
Professor of Government, University of Essex
Last Updated Thu, 24 June 2004