Dialogue in Research Ethics: Clinical Trial Outsourcing
Jorge José Ferrer, Th.D. of the University of Puerto Rico discusses globalization in clinical research and the ethical challenges it poses.
UM, Florida Bioethics Newtork Host 21st-Annual Conference
The joint Florida Bioethics Network and UM Ethics Programs 21st annual bioethics conference was held April 5.
Presidential Commission on Bioethics Meets in Miami
The President’s Bioethics Commission held its 12th public meeting, on medical countermeasures in pediatrics, at University of MIami Hospital.
World Health Organization Collaborating Center
The UM Ethics Programs have been designated a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center in Ethics and Global Health Policy.
Pan American Bioethics Initiative
Created in 1993 to coordinate UM Ethics efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, “PABI” is also the name of our NIH-Fogarty grant.
AMIA Code of Conduct
Ethics Programs faculty have contributed to a major revision of the code of ethics for AMIA (formerly the American Medical Informatics Association).
Health Database Mining
UM’s Bioethics Program Director has contributed to a new article on a Supreme Court ruling on datamining and drug marketing. [Wolfie Fox photo]
Hospital Ethics Committees
Ethics faculty Drs. Reid Cushman and Robin Fiore have published an article challenging the standard view of ethics committees’ role in policy review. [Benton Library Media Center photo]
Arsht Ethics Initiatives
Trustee, philanthropist and community leader Adrienne Arsht has committed to give $3 million to the University of Miami Ethics Programs. It is the largest gift for ethics in Florida history.