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

June 2, 2003
Arrival of participants and registration for workshop and conference.

June 3, 2003
9:00 am - 5:00 pm: Elective Workshop on Establishment & Operation of Instititional Review Boards (IRBs) Moderators: Irina Dardnskaia and Natalie Tomitch.

June 4, 2003

Time
Session
Speakers
9:00-10:00




Welcome & Opening Remarks




Professor Assen Dourmishev (Bulgaria); Professor Roumen Pranchov (Bulgaria); Professor Vladimir Ovcharov (Bulgaria); Mr. Georgy Parvanov, President of Republic of Bulgaria (address read by Varban Ganev); and Daniel Hryhorczuk (USA)
10:00-10:45
Keynote Address: Ethical Issues in International Collaborative Research
(requires RealOne Player)
Reidar Lie
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30






Panel I: Public Health, Ethics & Human Rights

Moderator: Ross Upshur (Canada)

Panel Members: Ivan Ciznar (Slovak Republic), Christopher Schonwalder (USA), Yuri Kundiev (Ukraine), Ludmila Ivanova (Russia)
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45





Panel II: Informed Consent & Confidentiality




Moderator: Reidar Lie (USA)

Panel Members: Eugen Gurzau (Romania), Melody Lin (USA), Zoreslava Shkyriak-Nyzhnyk (Ukraine), Peter Orris (USA)
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:15





Panel III: Ethical Issues in Clinical Research




Moderator: Reidar Lie (USA)

Panel Members: Peter Orris (USA), Melody Lin (USA), Andrey Pokrovsky (Russia), Jan Stetkiewicz (Poland), Vladislav Stefanovic (Serbia)
4:15-4:30 Coffee Break
4:30-5:45






Panel IV: Special Populations






Moderator: Louise-Ann McNutt (USA)

Panel Members: David Carpenter (USA), Anna Gurzau (Romania), Natalia Vezhnina (Russia)
8:00 PM Dinner


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June 5, 2003

Time
Session
Speakers
9:00-12:00

Break-Out Sessions on Fogarty-specific Programs:

  • Case Studies (two per session)
  • Presentations (15 minutes each)
  • Discussion (1 hour each)
 

1. Occupational & Environmental Health

1. Moderators: Thomas Cook (USA) / Ross Upshur (Canada) 

2. Infectious Diseases (HIV and TB)

2. Moderators: Jack DeHovitz (USA) / Reidar Lie (USA)

3. Non-communicable disease/mental health/ substance abuse

3. Moderator: Aron Primack (USA)

12:00-1:00

Reports of Breakout Sessions

Reporteurs: Thomas Cook (USA),
Jack DeHovitz (USA), Elisaveta Veikher (Russia)
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:15
Panel V: Integrity in Scientific Research
Moderator: Evangelos Petropoulos (USA)

Panel Members: Plamen Dimitrov (Bulgaria), Sonia Ftacnikov (Slovakia)
3:15-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:30

Panel VI: Development of Research Ethics in Central & Eastern Europe & NIS
Moderators: Barbara Rhode (EU)

Panel Members: Plamen Dimitrov (Bulgaria), Olga Kubar (Russia), Yuri Kundiev (Ukraine), Tatjana Mishatkina (Belarus), Jacek Piatkiewicz (Poland), Vladislav Stefanovic (Serbia), Adriana Todea (Romania)
7:00-8:30 PM


Grantsmanship Sessions (Condensed version of June 2nd Session) Presenters: Christopher Schonwalder (USA)


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June 6, 2003

Time
Session
Speakers
9:00-10:30 Poster Session of FIC Trainees: Research Ethics Issues Coordinated with FIC program directors
10:30-12:30
Break-Out Sessions by Region  
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Reports of Breakout Sessions  
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break

3:00-5:00

Panel & Open Discussion: Future Directions in the Ethical Conduct of Health Research in Central & Eastern Europe & the Newly Independent States.

Moderator: Daniel Hryhorczuk (USA)

Panel Members: Sonia Ftacnikova (Slovakia), Varban Ganev (Bulgaria), Yuri Kundiev (Ukraine), Melody Lin (USA), Barbara Rhode (EU), Vladislav Stefanovic (Serbia), Ludmila Ivanova (Russia)

Main Conference Closing


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