Past Meetings
The Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) exists to provide a global platform for the exchange and sharing of experience and expertise on research ethics among researchers, research policy makers and ethicists, among others. The Forum also facilitates debate on ethical, social, legal and public policy issues related to health research, and specifically of research involving countries from the north conducting research in the south.
The essential values of the GFBR include the promotion of ethically conducted research; respect for the differences between many stakeholders in research – both geographical, cultural, and scientific; the importance of bringing these together for mutual learning; the urgency of capacity building in health research ethics review in many low-income countries and the need for partnership between north and south in capacity building in ethics and ethical review in the south.
Capacity building for ethics review in developing countries and benefiting the host community
Genetics, Genomics and Ethics (Ethics of Genomic Research)
Sharing the benefits from research in developing countries: equity and intellectual property
What Happens When the Research is Over? Post-trial Obligations of Researchers and Sponsors
Ethical Issues in Research involving Public Health, Health Systems, and Health Services
Fostering Research Ethics Infrastructure in the Developing World and Transition Societies
Ethics of research involving indigenous peoples and vulnerable populations
The ethics of International research
Emerging epidemic infections and experimental medical treatments
Ethics of research in pregnancy
Ethics of alternative clinical trial designs and methods in LMIC research
Ethics of research with refugee and migrant populations
Ethics of data sharing and biobanking in health research
Establishing a global ethics response network for Public Health Emergencies
Genome editing for human benefit: ethics, engagement and governance
Revisiting past GFBR topics in the context of COVID-19
Ethical issues arising in research with people with mental health conditions
Ethics of AI in global health research
Ethics of health research priority setting