Archive

34th MEETING
NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION

Holiday Inn National Airport
The Grand Ballroom
1489 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia
September 16-17, 1999

DRAFT AGENDA

DAY ONE-Thursday, September 16, 1999

8:30 am
Opening Remarks
Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D.

8:35 am

Executive Director's Report
Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D.

ETHICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

8:45 am

Discussion of Proposed Draft Outline
Ruth Macklin, Ph.D., and Alice Page, J.D., M.P.H.
Discussion with Commissioners

10:15 am
Break

10:30 am

Expert Testimony
Donald S. Burke, M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health,
"Explicit Risk-Sharing" as a Framework for Analysis of International Health Research Ethics

11:00 am

Expert Testimony
Jack Killen, M.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
Ethical Issues on International Research from an NIH Perspective

11:30 am

PUBLIC COMMENT

12 Noon

Lunch

ETHICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

1:00 pm

Expert Testimony
Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health,
The Ethics of Human Research in Developing Countries: Balancing the Ideal, the Practical, and the Necessary
1:30 pm
Commissioners' Discussion With Consultants on International Research Project
Ruth Macklin, Ph.D., and Alice Page, J.D., M.P.H. Jeremy Sugarman, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., Patricia Marshall, Ph.D., Liza Dawson, Ph.D., Noreen Teoh, M.P.H., and Elisa Eiseman, Ph.D.

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Discussion Continues with Commissioners
4:45 pm
Next Steps
Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D.

5:00 pm

Adjournment

DAY TWO- Friday, September 17, 1999

8:00 am

Opening Remarks
Professor R. Alta Charo

COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF HUMAN SUBJECTS PROTECTIONS

8:10 am

Discussion of Proposed Draft Report
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., and Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D.
Discussion with Commissioners

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

Discussion Continues with Commissioners

11:45 am

Next Steps
Professor R. Alta Charo

12 Noon

Adjournment