Bioethics news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Fogarty aims to strengthen research bioethics expertise in developing countries by providing resources and information to bioethicists, research ethics committee members, researchers, students, and everyone else involved in international health research. In keeping with its wider commitment to building the capacity to conduct research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Fogarty believes it is important to build in-country bioethics capacity. This enables local ethics review of research, improves research into the distinctive ethical problems in LMICs, and increases the representation of different voices in on-going global discussions of the ethics of health research.
Bioethics Resources
COVID-19 Bioethics Resources and News
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN) - Led by WHO and supported by key partners including Fogarty/NIH. Currently focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, offers resources, policy briefs, webinars and an ethics advisory platform.
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COVID-19 resources - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
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Pandemic ethics and social policy - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Center for Bioethics
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COVID-19 vaccine trial ethics once we have efficacious vaccines, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Joseph Millum
Science, December 3, 2020 - News:
New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response
WHO news, July 22, 2020 -
COVID-19 Law Lab, a joint project of WHO, UNDP, UNAIDS, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Georgetown University
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English: Guidance and strategies to streamline ethics review and oversight of COVID-19 related research
Spanish: Orientación y estrategias para agilizar la revisión y supervisión éticas de investigaciones relacionadas con COVID-19
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), updated April 10, 2020 - News:
Guidance on COVID-19 human subjects protection
HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), April 8, 2020 - News:
FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, March 2020
Recent Bioethics News
Related Fogarty News and Information
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Global Forum on Bioethics in Research holds its 2018 annual meeting on the ethics of data and sample sharing
Note: Fogarty is a partner of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR)
BMC On Medicine, December 13, 2018
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Health research priority setting: The duties of individual funders, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
The American Journal of Bioethics via PubMed, November 26, 2018 -
Pregnant Women & Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats: Ethics Guidance for Preparedness, Research, and Response
PREVENT Project, September 2018 -
Compilation of European GDPR Guidances
HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), July 24, 2018 -
Building bioethics capacity: the Johns Hopkins Fogarty African Bioethics Consortium
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health blog, July 6, 2018 -
Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings, available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships, May 2018 -
Proceedings from the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR)'s “Ethics of Research in Pregnancy” meeting
Supplement to
Reproductive Health, December 14, 2017 -
Fogarty program develops bioethics expertise in Uganda
Sep / Oct 2016
Global Health Matters - Grantee news:
Data indicate significant impact of NIH African bioethics training programs
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics news, Oct 31, 2016 -
Single IRB policy to streamline reviews of multi-site research
NIH news, June 21, 2016 - E-book:
Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe
from Springer International Publishing, 2016
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Global Forum for Bioethics in Research 2015 Meeting Report and Presentations
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Doing Global Science: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise
from the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), Princeton University Press, February 2016 -
International Compilation of Human Research Standards (2016 Edition)
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) -
HHS announces proposed changes to Common Rule
Sep / Oct 2015
Global Health Matters -
Ethics education tools for professors, instructors, practitioners and the public [Archive]
Archive of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues -
Valuing Stillbirths, co-authored by Fogarty staff
Bioethics, July 2015, published online November 14, 2014 -
Ethics and Ebola: Public Health Planning and Response [Archive]
Archive of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, released February 26, 2015 - Journal article:
International Research Ethics Education, co-authored by Fogarty staff
JAMA, February 3, 2015 -
Chinese and U.S. researchers see need for earlier training in research ethics
AAAS news, October 21, 2014 -
Research Ethics in Africa, by Mariana Kruger, Paul Ndebele, Lyn Horn
A free e-book for research ethics committee members, authors include Fogarty bioethics trainees -
Supporting International Research Ethics and Education – An Inter-American Bioethics Collaboration [Archive]
Archive of
blog.Bioethics.gov, May 2, 2014 -
Research ethics capacity building in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of NIH Fogarty-funded programs 2000–2012
JERHRE, April 2014
- Fogarty-supported
Global Forum for Bioethics in Research: Past, present and future
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, May 2014 -
Anticipating and Communicating Through Education [Archive]
Archive of
blog.Bioethics.gov, February 25, 2014 -
Introduction: the Fogarty International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Program in historical context
JERHRE, December 2013
NIH News and Resources
Other US Government Resources
Other Online Resources
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Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR)
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TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships:
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Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings, available in English, as well as
in other languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN):
Led by WHO and supported by key partners including Fogarty/NIH. Currently focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, offers resources, policy briefs, webinars and an ethics advisory platform. - Free online course:
Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement Through Ethics Review - HIV Prevention Trials - Register through their portal to gain free access to online, on-demand course from AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention.
Updated April 28, 2022