CLINICAL ETHICS CERTIFICATE COURSE

Description

The target for this course will be individuals involved in clinical research, teaching clinical subjects and any clinicians interested in expanding their knowledge on dealing with ethical dilemmas in practice.The training will involve presentations and interactive discussions led by a team of both local and international faculty.

Objectives

Presenters

1. Prof. Elizabeth Bukusi
   Professor Elizabeth Bukusi: MBChB, M.Med (ObGyn), MPH, PhD, PGD (Research Ethics), MBE is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences(FAAS). She is a Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), a Research Professor at the University of Washington (Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global health), an honorary lecturer at Aga Khan University in Nairobi and Maseno University (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) and Volunteer Clinical faculty – Professor at the University of California San Francisco (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences) and Visiting faculty at the Centre for Biomedical Research and Ethics and Culture (CBEC0 at the Sind Institute for Urology and Transplantation (SIUT). Prof. Bukusi, in collaboration with Dr. Craig Cohen at UCSF, established the KEMRI Research Care and Training Program (RCTP) in 1995. She is also the lead faculty for the Bioethics program at the Amref International University (AMIU). In addition to substantial experience in conducting socio-behavioral and biomedical research and providing HIV care, mentoring and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity, she has a strong interest in research and clinical ethics and the development of systems and structures for regulation of research. She was the founding chairperson of the National Bioethics Society of Kenya, (BSK), a board member of AVAC, and chaired the WHO HRP Alliance (capacity building for RH research) 2016 to 2021, and is a trustee for the HIV Trust.
   KEMRI


2. Prof. Aamir Jafarey
   Aamir Jafarey, FCPS, FRCS, MBE is Professor at the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC), SIUT. He is also a General Surgeon who did academic clinical practice at the Aga Khan University till 2016. Dr. Jafarey has been involved in bioethics education and research for over two decades and has been managing the Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s programs in Bioethics offered by CBEC since 2006. He served on Pakistan’s National Bioethics Committee for 8 years, and was involved in the research review process, in addition to serving on the Clinical Studies Committee of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan. He is currently serving as a member of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region Research Ethics Review Committee since 2017 and is a Co-Director of a Fogarty International Centre – National Institutes of Health funded CBEC-KEMRI Bioethics Training Initiative (CKBTI) located in Nairobi, Kenya.
   CBEC SUIT PAKISTAN


3. Prof. John WERU
   Prof. Weru is an Associate Professor of Pain & Palliative Medicine at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUHN). He is the leader of the Palliative Care Team at the Aga Khan University Hospital and the Chairperson of the East African Palliative Care Steering Committee charged with developing and setting up this service in the region. He is the chairperson of the board of Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA). Prof. Weru is the chairperson of the Hospital Ethics committee at AKUHN and the vice chair of the Aga Khan wide Ethics Review Board charged with ensuring compliance with ethical SOPs and guidelines within all institutions within the global AKU fraternity.
   AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL


4. Dr. Amar JESANI
   Dr. Jesani is a medical graduate, working as an independent consultant – researcher and teacher - in bioethics and public health. He is one of the founders of the Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES) and its journal Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME www.ijme.in), published since 1993. Since 2012, he is its editor. He is a Visiting Professor at the Ethics Centre, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, India (since 2011), an Associate Faculty at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC) of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan (since 2010) and a faculty for the KEMRI-CBEC Bioethics training program in Nairobi, Kenya (since 2017). In the past he served as a member of several Research Ethics Committees in biomedical, social science and public health institutions in India and the international Research Ethics Board of the Medicine Sans Frontiers (2009-24). In 2022 he was conferred an “Award for Bioethics Service in the Face of Challenges” by the International Association of Bioethics (IAB). He has co-authored and co-edited nine books."
   Independent Research and Founder of the Forum for Medical Ethics Society India


5. Prof. Stephen Muhudhia
   Prof. Muhudhia is Consultant Paediatrician in clinical practice at The Nairobi Hospital. He is an adjunct professor of bioethics, and co-director Africa Bioethics Initiative at Trinity International University in Illinois, USA. He is a part- time lecturer at Kabarak University, where he teaches bioethics to Master of Family Medicine students. Prof. Muhudhia is an adjunct faculty for the Master in Bioethics program at Amref International University and Mount Kenya University in Kenya. He is the Vice Chair of the Scientific and Ethics Review Unit, Committee C of Kenya Medical Research Institute. He is the current Chair of the Bioethics Society of Kenya. In addition to qualifications as a specialist paediatrician, he has a master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Law and a Post Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Ethics.
   The Nairobi Hospital and KEMRI


6. Dr. Rev Fr. Pascal Mwakio
   Rev. Dr. Fr. Pascal Mwambi Mwakio is a Catholic priest from the Mombasa Archdiocese since 2004. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophical studies from Urbaniana University - Rome, Bachelor’s degree in theological studies, Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Bioethics all from Regina Apostolorum University, Rome. He is the author of the book: “The Right to Life and African Concepts about Life: A Bioethical Approach for Kenya, 2014”, an expert and committee member of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences’ Program and a member of Bioethics Society of Kenya. Additionally, he is an external examiner at Catholic University of Eastern Africa.” Currently he is a faculty member at CBEC-KEMRI Bioethics Training Initiative.
   Archdiocese of Mombasa


7. Prof. Walter JAOKO
   Prof. Jaoko is a Physician, and Professor of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, and Director of KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research, at the University of Nairobi. He has since 2017 been an Extraordinary Professor of Medicine at Stellenbosch University at the Centre for Bioethics and Law in the Department of Medicine. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in medicine and a PhD in medical microbiology from University of Nairobi, a Master’s degree in tropical medicine from Liverpool University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research Ethics from Stellenbosch University and a Master’s degree in Global Bioethics from Anahuac University. He has conducted clinical research in various aspects of infectious diseases transmission, treatment and control, and published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He also has a keen interest in health research ethics and has facilitated research ethics training in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Botswana. He is a member of the research ethics committee of Strathmore University, a private university in Nairobi, Kenya, and of the World Health Organization Research Ethics Review Committee.
   KAVI AND UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI


8. Dr. MARY ADAMS
   Dr. Adam is a co-founder of Africa Consortium for Quality Improvement Research in Frontline Healthcare (ACQUIRE). She trained as a pediatrician and has been working in medical education and public health based at AIC Kijabe Hospital, Kenya, since 2011, where she is Head of Research and the Director of the Kijabe Maternal Newborn Community Health Project. She completed her medical school and pediatric residency training at the University of Arizona as well as her PhD in Psychology, with a focus in Program Evaluation and Research Methods, with Lee Sechrest, PhD. Her ongoing interest in public health in developing countries was fueled in 2007-2008 when she spent a year in Kenya courtesy of a Fulbright Research Award in HIV prevention and the experience resulted in her relocating to Kenya. She has published work in the fields of judgment and decision making, pediatrics, bioethics, and public health and is a Clinical Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health. Her current research focus is on quality improvement and her work at the front line of community engagement examines the use of human centered design in building community-based improvement strategies. She has also published work on developing rapid cycle quality improvement processes to support employee well-being during COVID. Dr. Adam served with the American Academy of Pediatrics as member and chair of the Section of Bioethics. She has written on multiple topics in the field of Bioethics including The American Academy of Pediatrics Case Based Teaching Guides. She has been a fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Bioethics since 2002.
   KIJABE MISSION HOSPITAL


9. Prof. BUSHRA SHIRAZI
   Dr. Shirazi is a Professor of Surgery working at SIUT in the department of surgery, in addition she is a member faculty at the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC, SIUT). She has a Postgraduate Diploma in Biomedical Ethics (2007), MBE in Bioethics (2011) from the Sindh Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), Karachi and a master’s in health professional education (MHPE) from the Aga Khan university. Dr. Shirazi is a member of the IRB at Ziauddin University, trauma center and chairs the IRB at SIUT. She is actively involved in CBEC educational programs including national workshops and seminars. Her areas of interest in bioethics are clinical and research ethics as well as bioethics education. She has presented several papers in national and international bioethics-related conferences. She serves on the Curriculum Adaptation Committee of the CBEC-KEMRI Bioethics Training Initiative in Nairobi, Kenya; a program funded through a grant by the Fogarty International Centre, NIH."
   CBECK SIUT


10. Miss Melba KATINDI
    Ms. Katindi is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya practicing as Katindi & Company Advocates and the Founder of NEXTGEN Lawyers - Kenya. She is an active member of Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) – Scientific and Ethics Review Unit and has been a reviewer since 2014. She is the current Vice Chairperson of the Bioethics Society of Kenya. She is a highly proficient legal professional with extensive experience in health-related Human Rights and Gender. She has over 10 years combined work experience. She has a postgraduate diploma in Bioethics, is currently pursuing a Master in Bioethics course at AMIU and is passionate about bioethics education and awareness. Within the health sector, she provides technical assistance to incorporate rights-based approaches and mainstreaming gender equality within HIV, TB, Palliative Care, SRHR and Drug Policy Reform. She is passionate about evidence-informed laws, policies and practices and been involved in advancing community-led research among populations most impacted by discriminatory laws. She continues to actively influence Policy and Legislation through Legislative Advocacy and Strategic Litigation.
    Advocate of High Court & Katindi & Company Advocates


11. Dr. NIDA BASHIR
    "Dr. Bashir is a practicing Breast and General Surgeon in Karachi, Pakistan. She is also a part time faculty at CBEC- SIUT. She has received the GB Ong Gold Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK. Her prime interest in the field of biomedical ethics is in medical error, particularly in the sphere of organizational ethics. She has been invo lved in organizing and running workshops on medical error in various nat ional and international healthcare institutions. Dr. Nida initiated the establishment of a hospital ethics committee (HEC) and medical error reporting system and analysis committee in her previous institution. She was the first coordinator of the Karachi Bioethics Group in 2004 and has been actively involved in two publications of the Group: Physician-Pharmaceutical Interaction Guidelines and Understanding Medical error."
    CBEC, SIUT


12. Dr. Mohamoud MERALI
    Dr Mohamoud qualified in Medical Health Psychology (K) followed by an MA in Counselling Studies (UK). He is a Certified Psychometrist for adults and children (SA) & a certified Hypnotherapist (SA). He has an honorary doctorate and is an Associate Professor with Selinus University of Science and Literature in Italy. Mohamoud is the head of the Department of Counselling & Clinical Psychology at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi and involved with the Peer Educators and Wellness Champions that form part of the Employee Assisted Program for the 3500 staff, students and residents at AKU, the Graduate School of Nursing & Midwifery and the Graduate School of Media & Communication. Dr Mohamoud has several completed and published research initiatives and book chapters and newspaper articles. At AKU, he is a member of the palliative care team, the kidney transplant team as the only donor advocate in Kenya, the Ethics Committee, and the Departmental Research Review Committee of Family Medicine. He is closely involved with the Brain and Mind Institute in the mental wellness programs for the staff at AKU.
    Aga Khan University Hospital