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Webinaar: Biobankdienste en genetiese navorsing in Afrika
Begin: 08/10/2020, 15:00
Einde: 08/10/2020, 16:00
Kontak:Centre for Medical Ethics and Law -
Plek: Online

​Aangebied deur die Sentrum vir Mediese Etiek en Regte.

Genetika, genomika en biobankdienste is hoogs betwiste onderwerpe op die vasteland van Afrika. Gevolglik het sommige van ons doktorale studente besluit om hul navorsing te fokus op die etiese, regs- en sosiale kwessies wat inherent is aan hierdie wetenskaplike vakgebiede.

Te midde van die huidige pandemie is die belangrikheid van genomika-navorsing asook die versameling van biologiese monsters vir diagnose en navorsing sterk in die kollig.

Sluit aan by ons debat oor hierdie kernonderwerpe in Afrika.

Registreer hier vir die webinaar.


Webinar moderator

Dr Emmanuel Obasa

Speakers

Associate Prof Shenuka Singh:  Biobanking during COVID-19 in South Africa
Shenuka is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Dentistry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). She has a doctoral degree  in Dental Public Health. Currently, she is registered for a second PhD (Clinical and Health Research Ethics) in the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at Stellenbosch University, after completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research Ethics  on the ARESA program. Shenuka has served on the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) and the CSIR REC. She is currently serving as a Deputy Chair for the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee at UKZN.

Francis Masiye:  Informed Consent for Genetic Research in Malawi: Preliminary Findings  
Francis is a graduate in Philosophy (Pontifical Urbaniana University). He completed a Masters degree in Medical Anthropology (University of Malawi) followed by a Masters in Bioethics (University of Cape Town). Francis subsequently attended training in the International Research Ethics Institute (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health). He has also attended post-graduate training in Clinical Ethics and Clinical Trial Monitoring. He is currently a PhD candidate in Clinical and Research Ethics in the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at Stellenbosch University and is working in the Directorate of Research, Postgraduate Studies and Outreach at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST).

Associate Prof Joseph Ochieng:  Return of Results of Genomics Research in Uganda
Joseph is a medical doctor with bioethics expertise. He is an Associate Professor and former chair of the department of Anatomy at Makerere University. He has developed and implemented bioethics related training curricula for Masters, undergraduate and short course training programs. Dr. Ochieng has served as a member on three IRBs over a period of 17 years and conducted  research resulting in several publications. He has served as a consultant on a number of related research  activities and contributed to development and implementation of national research ethics guidelines for human and animal research and national guidelines for biobanking in Uganda.