RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS CERTIFICATE COURSE

Description

The training will equip participants with Ethical issues in international collaborative research including local perspective, Research Regulatory frameworks, Human Subjects Research, Conflict of Interest in Research Situations, Standards of Care in Clinical Research etc

Objectives

Presenters

1. Prof. Aamir Jafarey
   Forgarty Fellow in the Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health
   CBEC


2. Dr. Amar Jesani
   Independent consultant, researcher and teacher in bioethics and public health and founder of the Forum for Medical Ethics Society
   Independent


3. Prof. Prof. Aasim Ahmad
   Associate Professor at the Aga Khan University Hospital and Chairperson of Bioethics Group Aga Khan and Ziauddin University
   CBEC


4. Mrs Caroline Kithinji
   Head of Training at KEMRI SERU and Lead facilitator for regional seminars and teaching ethics at the KEMRI Graduate School.
   KEMRI


5. Prof. ELIZABETH BUKUSI
   Obsetrics and Gynecology. Certified IRB Professional and Chief Research Officer at KEMRI, Research Professor at University of Washington and honorary lecturer at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi
   KEMRI


6. Dr. John WERU
   Assistant Professor of Palliative Medicine at the Aga Khan University Hospital and chair of the Palliative Care Team and Chairperson of the East African Palliative Care Steering Committee and Board of Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Associate (KEHPCA)
   Aga Khan University Hospital


7. Mrs Melba Katindi
   Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and founder and managing partner of Katindi & Company Advocates
   Katindi & Company


8. Dr. Charles Muga
   Lead Social Scientist at the Research Care and Training Programme (RCTP). Social Sciences Director of the FACES Program. Curriculum Development Consultant for CBEC-KEMRI and radio Talk Show Consultant on Social, Political and Cultural related matters with Standard Media Services
   KEMRI


9. Dr. VIDELIS NDUBA
   Deputy Director at the Respiratory Diseases Research Centre. Interest in conducting clinical trials in Tuberculosis vaccine and drug trials.
   KEMRI


10. Dr. James Ayieko
    Medical Doctor from Univesity of California Berkeley and a PhD in Epidemiology from University of Antwerp, Belgium. HIV Care and improving treatment outcomes
    KEMRI


11. Miss Sualeha Shekhani
    Senior Lecture at Centre of Biomedical Etics and Culture (SIUT), PAKISTAN
    CBEC PAKISTAN


12. Mr. Haron Mongare
    Member of the KEMRI Scientific Ethics Review Committee and Post graduate Diploma in Biomedical Ethics from the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture PAKISTAN
    KEMRI


13. Prof. Francis Muregi
    Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Biochemistry at Mount Kenya University (MKU). Board Member of the National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation (NACOSTI). Founder of Christian & Scientific Association of Kenya (CSAK).
    Mount Kenya University


14. Dr. Lilian Omutoko
    Educationist and Bioethicist at University of Nairobi
    University of Nairobi