DoH Conference Vatican 18 to 19 January 2024
The Declaration of Helsinki: Research in Resource-Poor Settings Conference, January 18-19, 2024
Recording of the meeting can be accessed here:
- 18 January-morning session
- 18 January-afternoon session
- 19 January-morning session
Final program (presentation is linked to the speaker’s name)
Thursday, 18 January
9:00 Welcome
- Welcome from The Vatican Pontificia Academia Pro Vita: Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Academy (Pope’s message read by the President Paglia)
- Welcome from the Italian Minister of Health: Orazio Schillaci, Italian Minister of Health
- Welcome from the World Medical Association (WMA): Ashok Philip, WMA President Elect
- Welcome from the American Medical Association (AMA): Jack Resneck, Jr, Immediate Past President, and Chair of the Declaration of Helsinki Workgroup
9:30 Session 1:
Medical research today: The geography of vulnerable populations (Part A)
Speakers:
- Sheila Tlou, Former Minister of Health Botswana
- Gifty Immanuel, Center for AIDS and Antiviral Research
MODERATOR: Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, Chancellor of the Academy
11:15 Session 2:
Medical research today: The geographics of vulnerable populations (Part B)
Speakers:
- Ames Dhai, Professor of Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Laura Palazzani, Professor of Philosophy of Law, Lumsa University
- Dominque Sprumont, Professor of Health Law, President of the Research Ethics Committee of Vaud
MODERATOR: Stefano Semplici, Professor of Social Ethics and Bioethics, University of Rome Tor Vergata,
Italy, past President of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO
13:30 Session 3:
Experiences of conducting medical research in low-resourced settings under the Declaration of Helsinki (Part A)
Speakers:
- Walter Ricciardi, Hygiene and Public Health, Catholic University, Rome
- Raffaella Ravinetto and Melissa McRae, Médecins Sans Frontières
MODERATOR: Carlo Petrini, Head of the Bioethics Unit, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
15:15 Session 4:
Experiences of conducting medical research in low-resourced settings under the Declaration of Helsinki (Part B)
Speakers:
- Osahon Enabulele, Nigerian Medical Association, Past President of WMA
- Enrico Costa, Pharmacologist and Member of the Italian Medicines Agency
- René Zamora, Juan Pablo II Center for Bioethics
MODERATOR: Rudolf Henke, WMA Treasurer
16:30-17:00 Conclusion – Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, Chancellor of the Academy
Friday, 19 January
9:00 Session 5:
Post-trial access and the Declaration of Helsinki (Part A)
Speakers:
- Pablo Requena, Pontif. University of the Holy Cross and Vatican Representative at WMA
- Peter Ikechukwu Osuji, Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
- Jozef Glasa, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Institute of Health Care Ethics, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava
MODERATOR: – Dario Sacchini, Associate Professor in the Department of Safety and Bioethics, Section of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome
10:45 Session 6:
Post-trial access and the Declaration of Helsinki (Part B)
Speakers:
- Linda Coleman, Director of the Yale Human Research Protection
- Ana Borovecki, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb
- J. Charles Davis, Associate Director of St. John’s Medical College and Research Institute of Bangalore
MODERATOR: Jung-Yul Park, Chair, World Medical Association, and South Korean Medical Association
Conclusion – Otmar Kloiber, WMA Secretary General