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Paulina Tindana
Recent Publications
- Nyika A, Kilama W, Chilengi R, Tangwa G, Tindana Paulina, Ndebele P, and Ikingura J (2009) Composition, training needs and independence of ethics review committees across Africa: are the gate-keepers rising to the emerging challenges Journal of Medical Ethics, 35:189-193.
- Nyika Aceme, Kilama Wenceslaus, Tangwa Godfrey B, Chilengi Roma, and Tindana Paulina (2008) Capacity Building of Ethics Review Committees across Africa Based on the Results of A Comprehensive Needs Assessment Survey Developing World Bioethics.
- Tindana Paulina and Boateng O (2008) The Ghana Experience Journal of Academic Ethics, 6:277-281.
- Kass Nancy E, Hyder Adnan, Ajuwon Ademola, Appiah-Poku John, Barsdorf Nicola, Elsayed Dya E, Mokhachane Mantoa, Mupenda Bavon, Ndebele Paul, Ndossi Godwin, Sikateyo Bornwell, Tangwa Godfrey, and Tindana Paulina (2007) The structure and function of research ethics committees in Africa: A case study PLoS Med, 4(1).
- Tindana Paulina, Singh JA, Tracy CS, Upshur REG, and Daar AS (2007) Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community engagement in Research in Developing Countries PLoS Med, 4(9).
| paulina.tindana@ethox.ox.ac.uk | |
| Tel | 01865 287887 |
| Fax | 01865 287884 |
| Contact address | The Ethox Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Badenoch Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF |
| College | St Cross College |
Paulina is carrying out doctoral research on the 'Export, Storage and Future Use of Human Tissues: Developing a Framework for Fair Benefit-Sharing in International Collaborative Research'. This research which is funded by a Wellcome Trust Studentship is aiming to:
•examine existing models/guidelines/frameworks (beyond informed consent) on tissue exportation in Africa.
•explore the perspectives of relevant stakeholders (gatekeepers (community representatives), researchers, ethics committees, policymakers) on human tissue exportation with particular focus on future use.
•develop and propose a framework for engaging local communities in the deliberations about tissue exportation and their future use.
•develop a model for fair benefit-sharing agreements with communities
This research will be conducted in two research sites in Africa: (Navrongo, Ghana and Kilifi, Kenya). Interviewees will be representatives of key stakeholders involved in the research endeavour, including local community representatives(gatekeepers), researchers in collaborative research (both local and international), members of ethics committees and relevant policymakers in selected African countries.
Biography
In October 2009, Paulina began a three year Dphil in Ethics of Collaborative Global Health Research at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Michael Parker, Dr Susan Bull and Dr. Sassy Molyneux. Prior to this Paulina was a Bioethicist on the Ethical, Social and Cultural (ESC) program of the Grand Challenges in Global Health and a senior research officer of the Navrongo Health Research Centre, based in northern Ghana. She received a Bachelor of Arts (first class honours) from the University of Ghana in 1999 and a Masters of Health Sciences degree from the University of Toronto in 2004, where she studied Bioethics at the Joint Centre for Bioethics on a Fogarty grant. Paulina is also a trainee of the Johns Hopkins Fogarty Bioethics Training program.
Paulina’s research work has involved conducting empirical research on, informed consent, community engagement in health research, reproductive health issues as well as drug advertisements on health seeking behavior. She was instrumental in the setting up of an institutional review board at her institution and has been involved in a number of capacity strenghening initiatives for research ethics committees in Ghana and other parts of Africa. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Bioethics African Training Program, a faculty of the AMANET Health Research Ethics Training program and a member of the Board of Directors of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi).
Paulina’s current research interests are in ethical issues in global health research. She has presented several papers both nationally and internationally on research ethics issues especially on informed consent, community engagement, collaborative research and the operations of institutional review boards (IRBs).
