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The Ethox Centre
The Ethox Centre is a multidisciplinary bioethics research centre in the University of Oxford’s Department of Public Health. It aims to improve ethical standards in healthcare practice and in medical research through education, research, and the provision of ethics support to health professionals and medical researchers.
The Ethox Centre aims in all its activities to be close to practice and seeks to engage with ethical issues faced by real world actors in real world settings. An implication of this is that the Centre places particular value on approaches to research bringing together empirical social science research and ethical analysis.
The Centre’s research activities focus on three areas: global health ethics; clinical ethics; and research ethics.
Featured Research Project
Export, storage and future use of human tissues:
developing a framework for fair benefit-sharing in
international collaborative research
Paulina Tindana
In the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of international research collaborations involving developed and developing countries. These collaborations often involve the collection, storage and export of human tissues from developing countries for analysis.
This research project is examining the ethical issues arising in the collection, export and storage of biological samples in collaborative global health research in Africa. It will be conducted in two research sites - Navrongo in Ghana and Kilifi in Kenya - and will involve carrying out interviews with key stakeholders including local community representatives, researchers in collaborative research in both developed and developing countries, members of ethics committees and relevant policymakers.
The main objectives of the research are:
•To examine existing models/guidelines/frameworks on tissue exportation in Africa.
•To explore the perspectives of relevant stakeholders (gatekeepers (community representatives), researchers, ethics committees, policymakers) on human tissue exportation with particular focus on future use.
•To develop and propose a framework for engaging local communities in the deliberations about tissue exportation and their future use.
•To develop a model for fair benefit-sharing agreements with communities
For more information about this project contact paulina.tindana@ethox.ox.ac.uk
News and Events
25th June 2010
Workshop: The Genethics Club
A national ethics workshop for genetics professionals and anyone interested in the ethical aspects of the clinical use of genetics
10.30 - 4.30 Regent's College, London
For more information about the Genethics Club or about attending this meeting please contact michael.parker@ethox.ox.ac.uk
Laces Trust Scholarship in Philosophy/Ethics
Closing date: 16th july 2010
This scholarship is for students beginning studying for a postgraduate degree in philosophy or ethics in the academic year 2010 - 2011.
Workshop: The Genethics Club
A national ethics workshop for genetics professionals and anyone interested in the clinical use of genetics.
10.30 am - 4.30 pm: Oxford (venue t.b.a.)
If you would like to attend the Genethics Club please contact michael.parker@ethox.ox.ac.uk
If you would like to know more about the Genethics Club you can find this on its website at www.genethicsclub.org
