Greetings from YRG CARE!

 

 

YRG CARE is delighted to announce THE YRG CARE BIOETHICS SYMPOSIUM 2009 to be held in Hotel Quality Inn Sabari, T. Nagar, Chennai on January 11, 2009 (Sunday). The Symposium will explore ethical issues in research involving human participants. Faculty includes national and international experts in the field of bioethics. Participation is on first-come-first-served basis, and the number of participants is limited to 30. There is no registration fee. No scholarship will be provided by YRG CARE. Kindly fill in the Registration Form and email it to the Organizing Committee by December 31, 2008.

 

 
YRGCARE is a non-profit medical and research institution in Chennai which provides medical care for more than 11,000 persons with HIV disease. Currently more than 6000 persons are receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy at YRGCARE.

 

 

YRGCARE conducts several clinical, epidemiological, psychosocial and biomedical research studies in collaboration with National Institutes of Health-US; Brown University, RI; University of California-San Diego, CA; Tufts University, MA; Johns Hopkins University, MD; Stanford University, CA; University of California-San Francisco, CA; Emory University, GA; Rush University, IL; McFarlane Institute, Melbourne; Tuberculosis Research Centre/ICMR; National AIDS Research Institute/ICMR; Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai; Ragas Dental College, Chennai and University of Madras. YRGCARE is one of the clinical research site for Therapeutics Clinical Trials of ACTG/NIH.

 

 

YRGCARE has contributed more than 150 original scientific manuscripts to HIV Medicine literature and to develop Treatment Guidelines for resource limited settings.

 

Best regards,
 
Organizing Committee
Contact persons: Mr. AK Ganesh (ganesh@...) & Dr. S. Swarnalakshmi (Swarna@...)
 

 

 

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Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009
Time: 8.00 –16.00

Venue: Oxford Hall, Sabari Convention Center, Hotel Quality Inn Sabari, # 29, Thirumalai Pillai Road, T. Nagar Chennai 600 017 

 

 

08:00  REGISTRATION

 

09:00  Welcome & Introductory Remarks (Dr. Suniti Solomon, Director, YRG CARE)

 

09:30 Keynote Address (Dr. Jayapaul Azariah, Bioethicist & Member, YRG CARE)

 

10:00 Ethical Issues in Male Circumcision as a Prevention for HIV Infection (Dr. Richard Cash, Director, Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, US)

 

10:45  Ethical issues in research on vaccines for HIV (Dr. Anant Bhan, Independent Researcher, Bioethics and Public Health, Pune)

 

11:30  Insurance for clinical trial participants and the Law (Dr SV Joga Rao, LegalExcel, Advocates, Solicitors & Healthcare Consultants, Bangalore)
  
12:15  Risk/benefit Analysis in Research Ethics (Dr Nandini .K Kumar, Consultant, ICMR, New Delhi)

 

1:00 LUNCH & SCREENING OF AIDS JaaGO: Four cinematic short films on HIV/AIDS

 

2:00  HIV and Research Ethics (Dr. G. D. Ravindran, Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore)

 

2:45  TEA BREAK

 

3:00  Meeting the Ethical Challenges in Biomedical Research (Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy, Head (Retd.), Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Traditional Medicine and Bio-Medical Ethics, ICMR, New Delhi)

 

3:45  Vote of Thanks (Dr. S. Swarnalakshmi, YRG CARE)
  
  
Thank you. 
 
Regards,
Swarna
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S. Swarnalakshmi, Ph.D.,
IRB/CAB/Regulatory Coordinator
YR Gaitonde Center for AIDS Research and Education
YRG CARE
Voluntary Health Services
Rajiv Gandhi Salai
Taramani
Chennai 600 113
Tel.: 044 - 22542929-38 and 044 - 28154242
Fax: 91 44 22542939
Website: www.yrgcare.org