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GFBR 2023 call for applications open!

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”. All applications should be sent to gfbr@who.int by 17.00 CET on Monday 15 May 2023, in English. This notice includes details on the

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GFBR 2023 theme

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.

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GFBR 2022 presentations available

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.

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GFBR 2022 starts 29 Nov

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

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GFBR 2022 – call for applications closed

The Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) will hold a two-day meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on 29 & 30 November 2022 on the theme: “Ethics of artificial intelligence in global health research”. All applications should be sent to gfbr@who.int by 17.00 CET on Friday 17 June 2022, in English.   This notice

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GFBR 2022: The ethics of AI in global health research

GFBR is excited to announce the theme of its 2022 meeting on ‘The ethics of AI in global health research’ (working title). More details on the scope of the meeting will be published in the coming months, with a view to opening the call for case studies and participants around May 2022. If you’re interested

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GFBR 2021 case studies and governance papers

Visit this page to see the agenda, case studies and governance papers from the GFBR meeting on the theme ‘Ethical issues arising in research with people with mental health conditions’. The meeting took place online in December 2021. A meeting report will be available in due course.

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Registration open for virtual seminar series

Please join us for the 2021 seminar series on the theme ‘Ethical issues arising in research with people with mental health conditions’. Full details and registration links are available here.

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Publication by GFBR fellow Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz

In a recent blog, GFBR fellow Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz from the University of Cairo describes how divergent standards of human biobanks in Egypt could limit sharing of valuable biological resources. His full research paper makes recommendations for the development of ethical guidelines for Egyptian biobanks to improve the management and sharing of these resources. This

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Mental Health Research Awards for Investigators Early in their Career in Low and Middle-Income Countries

A new funding opportunity has been issued by The National Institute of Mental Health, NIH. The goal of the initiative is to support the scientific work and research career development of exceptionally talented scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long-term career commitment to mental

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