12th Forum Satellite - Bangkok, Thailand, 30 November-1 December 2017 - Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR)

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Keynote

Session1 Questions relating to the ethics of research with labour migrants and trafficked persons

Case study 1: Overview of the ethics in trafficking research: Study on Trafficking, Exploitation & Abuse in the Mekong (STEAM)
Nicola Pocock, United Nations University, Malaysia
Case study 2: Ethics of qualitative research: Labour exploitation, trafficking and migrant health: Multi-country findings on the health risks and consequences of migrant and trafficked workers
Vanesa Vaca, IOM South America, Argentina

Session 2 Questions relating to the ethics of research with refugees and undocumented migrants

Case study 3: Beyond do no harm: A journey towards ethical research practice with refugee women and communities
Linda Bartolomei, University of New South Wales, Australia
Case study 4: ‘Hidden spaces’ and health for all: Ethical challenges in researching migration and urban health in Johannesburg, South Africa
Jo Vearey, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Case study 5: Health research on refugee populations in Lebanon: Whose agenda and the role of national institutions
Iman Nuwayhid, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Session 3 Questions relating to the ethics of research with migrants facing multiple vulnerabilities

Case study 6: Child labour among Syrian refuges in Lebanon: Research challenges and ethics concerning a “triply vulnerable” community
Rima Habib, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Case study 7: Ethical issues associated with research in humanitarian settings: The case of an integrated intervention to improve mental health and reduce intimate partner violence among Congolese women in Nyarugusu Camp, Tanzania
Samuel Likindikoki, Muhimbili University, Tanzania

Session 4 Breakout group feedback (video only)

Session 5 IRB issues and supporting researchers

Case study 8: Tak Province Community Advisory Board (T-CAB), a community engagement initiative on Thai-Myanmar border
Napat Khirikkoekong, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Thailand (The video embedded within this presentation is also available here.)
Case study 9: Community advisory boards as local IRBs: Prioritising community protection in research on displacement and migration
Court Robinson, Johns Hopkins, USA
Case study 10: The case for an independent Institutional Review Board for vulnerable populations: A proposed model for independent cross-institutional ethics review in the Malaysian context
Veena Pillai, Dhi Consulting & Training, Malaysia
Case study 11: Beyond ethics approval: Learning lessons and supporting researchers
Dónal P. O’Mathúna, Dublin City University, Ireland

Session 6 Concluding panel (video only)

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