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Congratulations to essay competition winners!

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

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Fellowship outputs: Ethics of AI in global health 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

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Applications now closed for GFBR 2024

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

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Watch now: ethics of research priority setting

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

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GFBR 2023 call for applications now closed

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

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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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