Informed Consent in Sri Lanka: Review of Research Conducted in Sri Lanka Dr. Suwin Hewage, Research Assistant at the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care, presents ‘Informed Consent in Sri Lanka: Review of Research Conducted in Sri Lanka to Understand the Progress of Informed Consent Process’. The 8th Asian Bioethics Conference…
Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Hon. Director of the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care presents the work carried out by the Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE) 2007 on ‘Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research’. The 8th Asian Bioethics Conference…
Consensus Generation MeetingDisaster Research & Ethics: A Developing World Perspective Consensus Generation Meeting on ‘Disaster Research and Ethics from a Developing World Perspective’ was held on 13th January 2007 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 7 from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon. Similarly, in parallel bioethics initiatives had taken place in other core-group countries. Networking…
Bioethics, Basic & Advanced Courses, 2007 A basic & advanced courses in bioethics was held on 13th January 2007 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 7 from 9.00am to 12.00noon. Experts from India, Pakistan, Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka were resource persons for this meeting. We trained 100 professionals from 6 Universities…
Basic & Advanced Courses in Bioethics
International Research Ethics Workshop, 2006 Two members of the Institute for Research & Development, Dr. V. Murali & Dr. Clifford Perera participated as trainees at the ‘International Research Ethics Workshop’ held in India from 6th to 10th February 2006, organized by the Indian Research Council and funded by the Fogarty.
International Research Ethics Workshop, 2006 Prof. Sumathipala invited as an international advisor to the initiative was an invited resource person at ‘International Research Ethics Workshop’ held in India from 6th to 10th February 2006, organized by the Indian Research Council and funded by the Fogarty. He was invited to talk on disaster related research ethics…
7th Global Forum on Bioethics in Research Dr. Sumathipala, Dr. Siribaddana and Dr. Jayasingha were awarded fellwoships for the 7th Global Forum on Bioethics in Research. The topic of the forum was Ethical Issues in Research involving Public Health, Health Systems, and Health Services. It was held at the Aga Khan University, Karachchi, Pakistan from…
International Research Ethics Workshop Prof. Sumathipala was an invited resource person at ‘International Research Ethics Workshop’ held in Karachi, Pakistan on 28th & 29th November 2005.
1st National Bioethics Conference Prof. Sumathipala was an invited speaker at the ‘1st National Bioethics Conference’ organized by the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics held in Mumbai, India, at the symposium on ‘Post Disaster Research and Ethics’. 25th-27th November 2005
Global to Local, Conflict & Disaster: Ethical Post-tsunami Research Prof. Sumathipala invited as speaker at the workshop; ‘Global to Local, Conflict & Disaster: Ethical Post-tsunami Research’. Organised by the Transcultural Special Interest Group Conference, Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK; 25th October 2005.
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…