Research in global health emergencies: ethical issuesThe Nuffield Council on BioethicsInstitute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care, contributions toward bioethics cited 7 times The Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care (IRD) takes pride in our contributions towards Disaster Ethics, under the leadership of Prof.…
Research as Development: Biomedical Research, Ethics, and Collaboration in Sri LankaSalla Sariola and Bob SimpsonInstitute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care, contributions toward bioethics cited in independent publication The following are extracts from the book Research as Development: Biomedical Research, Ethics, and Collaboration in Sri Lanka by Salla Sariola and Bob Simpson…
Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research Published the paper ‘Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research: A Developing World Perspective. Key Findings from a Drafting and Consensus Generation Meeting of the Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE) 2007’, in the June 2010, Asian Bioethics Review; Volume 2, Issue 2 This…
Informed consent in Sri Lanka: A survey among ethics committee members Abstract Background Approval of the research proposal by an ethical review committee from both sponsoring and host countries is a generally agreed requirement in externally sponsored research. However, capacity for ethics review is not universal. Aim of this study was to identify opinions and…
Research and clinical ethics after the tsunami: Sri LankaAthula Sumathipala & Sisira Siribaddana In late 2004, the Journal of Traumatic Stress published a special section about the ethics of disaster research, addressing ethical issues related to conducting research after disasters and terrorist attacks, and based on a meeting organised by The New York Academy of…
The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries:A follow-up discussion paper Contributed to the 2005, Nuffield Council of Bioethics, the follow-up discussion paper, ‘The User Perspective from the Researchers Point’, on the new developments and revisions to guidelines on the ethics of research in developing countries. Read the Discussion Paper
Pharmacogenetics: Ethical issues Contributed to the 2003 Nuffield Council of Bioethics, report, ‘Pharmacogenetics: ethical issues’. This report considers the implications for research and development of medicines, clinical practice and treatment, and the use and storage of genetic information. Read the Discussion Paper
Research Ethics from a Developing World Perspective Published a book titled ‘Research Ethics from a Developing World Perspective’, circulated locally and internationally among interested academics, and organizations. The book was published after incorporating the suggestions received from these individuals. The World Health Organization lists this publication under its ‘Tools and resources’ section for ‘Human Genomics…