COVID-19 Vaccine Research Ethics
Date:
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Time:
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m EST
Description:
PAHO’s Regional Program on Bioethics held a virtual workshop on COVID-19 vaccine research ethics on Tuesday October 27th, 1:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m., Washington DC time (EDT). The workshop will have simultaneous interpretation (English and Spanish).
Objective(s) of the meeting:
Explore salient topics realted to COVID-19 vaccine research ethics.
Brief synthesis of the topics:
Global experts discussed COVID-19-related ethical challanges, including review processes, human challenge trials, community involvement and vaccine trials.
Agenda:
1:00 Opening remarks.
1:15 Challenges in the ethics review of COVID vaccine trials: The experience from Brazil. Sergio Surugi de Siqueira
2:05 Duties towards research participants in vaccine trials. Joseph Millum
3:00 Community engagement for COVID-19 trials: Regional challenges. Leonardo Perelis
3:55 Criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies. Euzebius Jamrozik
4:50 Closing remarks
Speakers. Brief summary of the curriculum:
- Sergio Surugi de Siqueira (Pontifical Catholic University from Parana, Brazil)
- Joseph Millum (Department of Bioethics of the Clinical Center and Fogarty International Center, NIH)
- Leonardo Perelis (Ramos Mejía Hospital, City of Buenos Aires)
- Euzebius Jamrozik (Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford)
Keywords:
bioethics, COVID-19, vaccines
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