DoH Conference Vatican 18 to 19 January 2024


The Declaration of Helsinki: Research in Resource-Poor Settings Conference, January 18-19, 2024

Recording of the meeting can be accessed here:

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  • 19 January-

Final program (presentation is linked to the speaker’s name)

Thursday, 18 January

9:00 Welcome
  • Welcome from The Vatican Pontificia Academia Pro Vita: Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Academy (Pope’s message read by the President Paglia)
  • Welcome from the Italian Minister of Health: Orazio Schillaci, Italian Minister of Health
  • Welcome from the »ÆÉ«app (»ÆÉ«app): Ashok Philip, »ÆÉ«app President Elect
  • Welcome from the American Medical Association (AMA): Jack Resneck, Jr, Immediate Past President, and Chair of the Declaration of Helsinki Workgroup
9:30 Session 1:

Medical research today: The geography of vulnerable populations (Part A)

Speakers:

  1. Sheila Tlou, Former Minister of Health Botswana
  2. Gifty Immanuel, Center for AIDS and Antiviral Research

MODERATOR: Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, Chancellor of the Academy

11:15 Session 2:

Medical research today: The geographics of vulnerable populations (Part B)

Speakers:

  1. Ames Dhai, Professor of Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  2. Laura Palazzani, Professor of Philosophy of Law, Lumsa University
  3. Dominque Sprumont, Professor of Health Law, President of the Research Ethics Committee of Vaud

MODERATOR: Stefano Semplici, Professor of Social Ethics and Bioethics, University of Rome Tor Vergata,
Italy, past President of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO

13:30 Session 3:

Experiences of conducting medical research in low-resourced settings under the Declaration of Helsinki (Part A)

Speakers:

  1. Walter Ricciardi, Hygiene and Public Health, Catholic University, Rome
  2. Raffaella Ravinetto and Melissa McRae, Médecins Sans Frontières

MODERATOR: Carlo Petrini, Head of the Bioethics Unit, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

15:15 Session 4:

Experiences of conducting medical research in low-resourced settings under the Declaration of Helsinki (Part B)

Speakers:

  1. Osahon Enabulele, Nigerian Medical Association, Past President of »ÆÉ«app
  2. Enrico Costa, Pharmacologist and Member of the Italian Medicines Agency
  3. René Zamora, Juan Pablo II Center for Bioethics

MODERATOR: Rudolf Henke, »ÆÉ«app Treasurer

16:30-17:00 Conclusion – Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, Chancellor of the Academy

Friday, 19 January

9:00 Session 5:

Post-trial access and the Declaration of Helsinki (Part A)

Speakers:

  1. Pablo Requena, Pontif. University of the Holy Cross and Vatican Representative at »ÆÉ«app
  2. Peter Ikechukwu Osuji, Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
  3. Jozef Glasa, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Institute of Health Care Ethics, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava

MODERATOR: – Dario Sacchini, Associate Professor in the Department of Safety and Bioethics, Section of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome

10:45 Session 6:

Post-trial access and the Declaration of Helsinki (Part B)

Speakers:

  1. Linda Coleman, Director of the Yale Human Research Protection
  2. Ana Borovecki, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb
  3. J. Charles Davis, Associate Director of St. John’s Medical College and Research Institute of Bangalore

MODERATOR: Jung-Yul Park, Chair, »ÆÉ«app, and South Korean Medical Association

Conclusion – Otmar Kloiber, »ÆÉ«app Secretary General