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Fourth Forum - Programme                                 
29 - 30 October 2002
BRASILIA, BRAZIL

     
 

Programme

 29 October 2002: Genomic Research
Welcome Topic 1: Genomic and Health

Keynote speech: Dr. Francis Collins (Director, Genoma Program NIH)

Comments: Dr. Victor B. Penchaszadeh (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

Presentation of one relevant case study. Prof. Patricia Marshall /Case Western University)

Discussion of topic presentation and case study in breakout groups

Brief presentations in plenary session

Debate

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 12 - 14 FEBRUARY 2004
 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

A follow-up Workshop will be held in February 2004 to explore developments in this area since the publication of the Report.  The Workshop, co-hosted by the South African MRC and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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Topic 2: International Guidelines: Genomics and Global Health Equity

Keynote speech: Dr. Abdala Daar (University of Toronto, Canada)

Comments: Dr. Fernando Lolas (Director, Regional Program on Bioethics PAHO/WHO)
Presentation of one relevant case study. Ruth Macklin (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Discussion of topic presentation and case study in breakout groups
Brief presentation in plenary session
Debate

 30 October 2002: Round Table
Topic 1. Bioethic, Genomic Research and Higher Education
Keynote speech: (Diego Gracia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España)
Discussion of topic presentation

Topic 2. Genomic Research and Public Policies
Keynote speech: (Hernán Málaga, PAHO Representative)
Discussion of topic presentation

Topic 3. Bioethic, Genomic Research and its Social Implications
Keynote speech: Leo Pessini, Universidade Sao Camilo, Brasil.
Discussion of topic presentation

Brief presentation in plenary session
Debate

Lunch

Conclusions and Closure

HBE

John E. Fogarty International Center

Medical Research Council

NIH

NICHD

National Eye Institute


OPAS Brazil

 National Institute on Drugs Abuse


Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Wellcome Trust

 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
 


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