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Following the November 2015 GFBR meeting, the Fondation Mérieux held a one-day workshop entitled “Towards better sharing of data and samples collected during trials in resource-limited countries”. The meeting involved a number of GFBR participants and featured sessions discussing international collaboration, legal frameworks for uses of personal data and perspectives from the pharmaceutical industry. You can find

Applications are now open for the GFBR Fellowships! Find out details of what Fellowships are available and how to apply here.

The GFBR community may be interested in a job opening for a researcher in humanitarian ethics at Médecins Sans Frontières, information available here [in French]. Details also available here [in English]. The closing date is 24 January 2016.

Ethics and emerging epidemic infections Storify by Natalie Banner Thu, Nov 05 2015 08:27:07 Edit Ethics and emerging epidemic infections Global Forum on Bioethics in Research meeting at Fondation Merieux, 3-4 November 2015 Introductions to the meeting Dr. Nahid Bhadelia@BhadeliaMD Research & bioethics in #emergingpathogen #epidemics. Look forward 2 attending Global Forum on Bioethics in

On 3-4 November we’ll be tweeting from the GFBR meeting in France – follow #gfbr2015 on Twitter for updates and commentary on the meeting even if you can’t be there yourself! There’ll be a full report available here on this site soon after the meeting as well.

The GFBR is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, coinciding with the Forum’s first full meeting since 2008. The refreshed website reflects the exciting relaunch of GFBR and will serve as a platform for promoting dialogue on ethical issues related to health research in international settings. Containing archived materials from the GFBR’s