Dialogues about research ethics during the pandemic: Challenges and lessons to learn in Latin America and the Caribbean - Fifth dialogue: The risk-benefit assessment of studies

Date
Time
12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (EST)
Description

PAHO's Regional Program on Bioethics invites you to participate in a series of regional dialogues on research ethics in the pandemic. In the fifth dialogue, members of ethics committees from different countries in the region discussed the challenges in risk-benefit assessments of COVID-19 research.

Objective(s) of the event
  • To advance a space to share the efforts of the countries in the region ensuring the ethical conduct of research during the pandemic.
  • Identify the challenges in their implementation, and overall improve our capacities to catalyze ethical COVID-19 research.
Speakers. Brief curriculum summary
  • Martha González Bautista (Miembro del Comité de Ética de la Investigación del Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de México)
  • Mario Soriano (Miembro del Comité Nacional de Ética de la Investigación de El Salvador)
  • Ana Palmero (Asesora de Ética del Ministerio de Salud de Argentina y miembro del Comité de Ética en Investigación del Hospital Ramos Mejías de Buenos Aires)
  • Javier Lobato Polo (Fundación Valle de Lili de Colombia)
Keywords
bioethics, COVID-19, research
Link
Access to the recording