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The Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) will hold a two-day meeting in Accra, Ghana in November 2025 on the topic: “Reimagining research partnerships: equity, power and resilience”. The deadline for application is Sunday 25 May 2025 11.59pm CEST/Geneva. This notice includes details on the following:  If you have any questions about this call, please

    ⏰ DEADLINE: 1 JUNE 2025 The Bulletin has published a call for papers for a theme issue on the ethics of research into health and climate change. Contributions are welcome from all stakeholders. Manuscripts should be submitted in accordance with the Bulletin’s guidelines for contributors and the cover letter should mention the call for papers. This editorial

We are pleased to announce the winners of an essay competition held in collaboration with the GFBR 2024 local co-host, the Universiti Malaya, and the Southeast Asia Bioethics Network. The purpose of the competition was to encourage students to engage in this year’s GFBR topic and to think critically about ethical issues associated with research

  In 2022, GFBR awarded 6 fellowships to colleagues who had attended that year’s forum on the ‘Ethics of AI in global health research’. This post shares some of the fellows’ outputs on the Forum topic.   Mohd. Adli Bin Md. Ali, International Islamic University of Malaysia In January 2024, and in collaboration with colleagues

The Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) will hold a two-day meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in November 2024 on the topic: “Ethical issues arising in research into health and climate change” Deadline for applications: Monday 6 May 2024 at 9am CEST/Geneva Photo: Participants of GFBR 2023 in Montreux, Switzerland This notice includes details on

Videos of GFBR 2023 on the topic ‘ethics of research priority setting’ are now available on YouTube.

The Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) will hold a two-day meeting in Montreux, Switzerland on 28 & 29 November 2023 on the topic: “The ethics of health research priority setting”.   The call for applications has now closed. If you applied, you’ll be notified about the Planning Committee’s decision by 20 July. This

We’re excited to announce next year’s theme is the ‘ethics of research priority setting’. More details will be available around April 2023 along with the call for applications.

Thanks to everyone who participated in GFBR 2022 on the ‘ethics of AI in global health research’ in Cape Town. Papers and presentations from the meeting are now available here. Videos will be available in early 2023.

We’re excited to welcome colleagues from 31 countries to this year’s GFBR in Cape Town on the theme ‘ethics of AI in global health research’. Check out the GFBR agenda and follow events on twitter @ForumBioethics #GFBR