Ethical Issues in Public Health Research--June 3-6, 2003--Sofia, Bulgaria
   
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Conference Participants

Bangladesh | Belarus | Bulgaria | Canada | Croatia | European Union | Kazakhstan | Poland | Romania | Russia | Serbia | Slovak Republic | Ukraine |
United States
| Uzbekistan

Bangladesh

Ar-Harun Rashid, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD
FRCP Edin Director, Bangladesh Medical Research Council
Mohakhali, Bangladesh


Belarus  
Oleg Dardysnkiy, MD
International Sakharov Ecological University
Minsk, Belarus

Tatsiana Mishatkina, PhD
International Sakharov Ecological University
Minsk, Belarus

Alexey Y. Okeanov, DrSc
Research Institute of Radiation Medicine
Minsk, Belarus

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Bulgaria
Silviya Aleskandrova, MD
Assistant Professor, Higher Institute of Medicine – Pleven
Department of Social Medicine and Public Health
Pleven, Bulgaria

Dr. Henri Astroug
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy
Sofia, Bulgaria

Dr. Elena Dimitrova
Scientist, Research Medical Academy
Sofia, Bulgaria

Plamen Dimitrov, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Head, Epidemiology Unit
National Center for Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition
Sofia, Bulgaria

Varban Ganev, MD, PhD
Major Foreign Collaborator, ITREOH/MSU
Chair, National Bioethics Committee, Bulgaria,
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Head, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Medical University of Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria

Tzveta Georgieva, MS
National Center of Hygiene
Sofia, Bulgaria

Anelia Horvath, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Medical University of Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria

Ganka Kossekova, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical University
Sofia, Bulgaria

Valeri Metodiev, MD
Centre of Hygiene Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria

Dr. Vassil Mihaylov
Sofia Medical University, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics Sofia,
Sofia, Bulgaria

Nedialka Niagolova, BS, MS
Research Scientist, Radiation Exposure Monitoring Laboratory
National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection
Sofia, Bulgaria

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Canada  

Ross Upshur, BA(Hons), MA, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Director, Primary Care Research Unit
Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Croatia 

Ana Borovecki, MD, BA
Department of medical Sociology and Healthcare Economics
Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia

Ksenija Vitale, PhD, MPH
Assistant director, Andrija Stamopar School of Public Health, Medical School
University of Zagreb
Department of Envronmental and Occupational Health
Zagreb, Croatia

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European Union 

Dr. Barbara Rhode
Head of the Unit 'Ethics in Science and Research'
European Commission
Research Directorate-General
Bruxelles

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Kazakhstan 

Bakhyt Sarymsakova, PhD
Scientific Secretary of Ethics Committee of KSPH Scientific Council
Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management
Kazakhstan School of Public Health (KSPH)
Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Poland 
Przemyslaw Bienkowski, MD, PhD
IRB Chair
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Behavioral and Clinical Pharmacology
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Warsaw, Poland

Beata Peplonska, MD, PhD
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine Inst. of Occupational Medicine
Dept. Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology
Lodz, Poland

Jacek A. Piatkiewicz, PhD
Central Appeal Bioethics Committee
Ministry of Health of Poland
Warsaw, Poland

Dr. Magdalena Rosinska
National Institute of Health,
Warsaw, Poland

Jan Statkiewicz, MD
The Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
Lodz, Poland

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Romania 
Aurelia Ferencz, MD
Medical Resident and Research Assistant, Occupational Health Department
Institute of Public Health, Bucuresti
Bucharest, Romania

Anca Elena Gurzau, MD, PhD
Environmental Health Center
Cluj Napca, Romania

Eugen S. Gurzau, MD, PhD
Environmental Health Center
Cluj Napoca, Romania

Adriana Todea, MD, PhD
Major Foreign Collaborator in Romania, ITREOH/MSU
Head, Occupational Health Department
Institute of Public Health, Bucuresti
Bucharest, Romania

Horatiu Zapartan, MD, PhD
Iuliu Moldovan Institute of Public Health
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Russia  
Dr. Svetlana Gerasimova
Institute of Sociology, RAMS Krzhizhanovskogo St.
Moscow, Russia

Dr. Nadejda Golik
Professor, Head of the Department
Saint-Petersburg State University
St. Petersburg, Russia

Ludmila Ivanova, MD
Professor, Occupational Physician, Chief of Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis
Head, Commission on Bioethics, Research Institute of Occupational Health
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Research Institute of Occupational Health
Moscow, Russian Federation

Arkadi L. Khanine, MD
Chairman, TB Department
State Medical Institute for Postgraduate Training (SMIPT)
Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast

Dr. Olga Kubar
Professor, Head of Clinical Department Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Chair of the Forum for Ethics Commities in the Confederation of Independent States
Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Dr. Andrey G. Pokrovsky
Professor, Head of Chair of the Basic Medicine, Natural Sciences Faculty
Novosibirsk State University
Novosibirsk, Russia

Olga Rumyanstseva, MD, PhD, DSc
Occupational Physician
Clinic of Occupational Health, Institute of Occupational Health
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Research Institute of Occupational Health
Moscow, Russian Federation

Dr. Anna Safronova
Institute of Nutrition, RAMS
Moscow, Russia

Dr. Elisaveta Veikher
St. Petersburg State University
St. Petersburg, Russia

Natalia N. Vejnina, MD
GTI UAB Project Coordinator,
Kemerovo Regional Committee of the Russian Red Cross Society
Kemerovo, Russia

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Serbia
Danica Bukvic, MD, PhD
Institute for Endemic Nephropathy
Lazarevac, Serbia

Bogoljub Perunicic, MD
Major Foreign Collaborator in Serbia, ITREOH/MSU
Head, Department of Occupational Diseases and Toxicology
Institute of Occupational and Radiological Health
"Dr. Dragomir Karajovic" Clinical Center of Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia

Vladislav Stefanovic, MD
Professor, Institute of Nephrology and Hemodialysis
Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis
Nis, Serbia

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Slovak Republic 
Jana Blahova, MSc, PhD
Science and Technology Assistance Agency
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Ivan Ciznar, PhD, DSc
Associate Professor, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Sonia Ftacnikova, PhD
Co-Director, Slovak Science and Technology Support Agency,
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Beatrica Kakosova, MSc, PhD
Pharmacon Research
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Dr. Lucia Kobeticova
Trnava University, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work
Trnava, Slovak Republic

Renata Melkova, MSc, PhD
Dep. of Microbiology, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Dr. Anna Pakosova
Trnava University, Faculty of Health Care and Social work
Trnava, Slovak Republic

Lubica Sobotova, MD, PhD, MPH
Institute of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine
Comenius University
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Ukraine 
Nataliya Chyslovska, MD
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn at the Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

Dr. Nataliya Khimich
Vinnitsa Oncological Center
Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Sergiy Khimich, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of the Dept. of General Surgery
Head of Ethical Committee of VNMU
Vinnitsa National Medical University
Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Ms. Tamara Korotych
UAB Program Coordinator in Ukraine

Yuriy Kundiyev, MD, PhD, DSc
Major Foreign Collaborator in Ukraine,
ITREOH/UIC Academician
Head of the Bioethics Committee of the Ukrainina National Academy of Sciences Institute for Occupational Health (Director)
Kyiv, Ukraine

Georgiy Prodanchuk, MD
Clinical Department, Medved's Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology,
MOH of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

Zoreslava Shkiryak-Nyzhnyk, MD, PhD, DSc
Professor, Deputy Director of the Bioethics Committee of the Ukrainina Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, AMS
Med Academy of Postgraduate Education
Kyiv, Ukraine

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United States 
Katerina Barcal-Kacirkova, MPH
Program Coordinator II, International Research Training Programs
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Birmingham, Alabama

Irina Birman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Environ Health and Toxicology
School of Public Health
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, New York

David Carpenter, MD
Director, Institute for Health & the Environment
University at Albany, SUNY
Rensselaer, New York

Thomas Cook, PhD
Professor, Occupational & Environmental Health
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Irina Dardynskaia, MD, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Associate Director, GLC Fogarty
ITREOH Programs in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Jack A. DeHovitz, MD, MPH
AITRP Program Director, SUNY/B Professor
Medicine/Preventive Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Daniel Hryhorczuk, MD, MPH
ITREOH Program Director,
UIC Great Lakes Centers for Occupational & Environmental Safety and Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Vytautas Jurkuvenas, PhD (US-Lithuania)
GTI/UAB projects in Russia and Kazakhstan, Research Associate
Gorgas Tuberculosis Initiative
Birmingham, Alabama

Reidar Lie, MD, PhD
NIH Dept. of Clinical Bioethics

Melody Lin, PhD
Deputy Director, Office for Human Research Protections
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Tower Building
Rockville, Maryland

Dr. Louise-Ann McNutt
State University of NY/Albany
Albany, New York

Leslie Nickels, M.Ed.
Great Lakes Centers for Occupational & Environmental Safety and Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Iryna Oliynyk, MPH
Great Lakes Centers for Occupational & Environmental Safety and Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Peter Orris, MD
Cook County Hospital
Division of Occupational Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Evangelos Petropoulos, MD, PhD
Director Emeritus, Institute of International Health
Professor Emeritus, Physiology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Aron Primack, MD, MA
Program Officer Division of International Training and Research Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Dr. Christopher Schonwalder
Director of International Programs
DHHS/NIH/NIEHS
RTP, North Carolina

Dr. Carole Strunk
Senior Project Manager, Award Administration & Grant Assistance Program
The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
for the Independent States of the FSU
Arlington, Virginia

Natalie Tomitch, MPH, MBA
Conference Cooordinator, Program Officer for Russia and the New Independent States (NIS) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

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Uzbekistan 

Dilorom Kh. Fayzieva, MD, PhD
Head of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Academy of Sciences
Institute of Water Problems
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Rustam Kudyakov, MPH, DrPH
HIS Coordinator/Research Analyst
ZdravPlus/Abt Associates Inc.
Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan

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