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Date: June 7, 2007 to June 7, 2007
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Jeffrey Botkin, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics and Associate Vice President for Research Integrity, University of Utah
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LLB, Director of Bioethics, Montefiore Medical Center
Joseph J. Fins, MD, FACP, Director of Medical Ethics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Alan R. Fleischman, MD, Senior Advisor, The New York Academy of Medicine
Ruth Macklin, PhD, Professor of Bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Tia Powell, MD, Executive Director, New York State Task Force on Life and the Law
Bernard A. Schwetz, DVM, PhD, Director, Office for Human Research Protections, United States Department of Health and Human Services
David H. Strauss, MD, Chair, Institutional Review Board, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
Location: The Academy
The protection of human subjects of research is a shared responsibility of investigators, academic institutions, and federal regulatory agencies. This program will discuss several contemporary issues in human subjects’ protection, and provide recommendations for best practices in these areas.
Researchers, institutional officials responsible for human research protection programs, institutional review board members, ethicists, and the lay public are invited to attend and participate in this program. Speakers will share their views followed by a commentator and general discussion.
Welcome and Introductions
Alan R. Fleischman, MD
Keynote
Bernard Schwetz, DVM, PhD
Director, Office for Human Research Protections
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Genetics Research and Tissue Banking
Jeffrey Botkin, MD, MPH
Commentator:
Ruth Macklin, PhD
Professor of Bioethics, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Break
Research Involving Incapacitated Adults
David H. Strauss, MD
Commentator:
Joseph J. Fins, MD
Chief, Division of Medical Ethics
Departments of Public Health and Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Stem Cells and Embryos—Human Subjects?
Nancy N. Dubler, LLB
Commentator:
Tia Powell, MD
Executive Director
New York State Task Force on Life and the Law
Wine and Cheese Reception
For more information on this program please contact Ed North, by e-mail at enorth@nyam.org or by telephone at 212-822-7204.
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