LSHTM - Visiting Fellowships in global health ethics etc

APPLICATION

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

VISITING FELLOWS PROGRAMME

GLOBAL HEALTH ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY and HUMAN RIGHTS

2014 -15 Visiting Fellowships 

LSHTM is offering a limited number of visiting fellowships during the academic year 2014 – 2015 (Sept – June) for individuals wanting to conduct ethics or philosophical research and/or scoping activities for future joint-research.  Visiting fellows will be provided work space, and be free to explore all three research faculties as well as surrounding University of London institutions. 

Terms of Appointment

A Visiting Fellow (‘Visitor’) may stay at LSHTM from 4 to 12 weeks depending on the work plan.  They are expected to make a lunchtime presentation during their stay.  There is no stipend attached to the fellowship.  Whenever possible, visiting fellows are expected to contribute to modest administrative costs.  Suitable candidates from low and middle income countries with no available support may be considered for bursaries.  Due to the nature of the position, LSHTM will be unable to sponsor a Visitor who does not already have right to work in the UK and/or obtained an appropriate visitor visa.  Please do inform us if you need guidance and consult  https://www.gov.uk/business-visitor-visa

Qualifications

Applicants can be experienced professionals or must have completed all of their requirements for a Ph.D. or other equivalent degree prior to their visit.  The applicant may have any background but the research should be related to the ethics, philosophy of human health and human rights.  The application will be evaluated on the content, feasibility, and the reasons for carrying it out specifically at LSHTM.

How to Apply:

Applicants should submit the following materials by 30 April 2014.

1. A curriculum vitae
2. A research proposal (not to exceed 1,500 words)
3. An example of previous scholarship (journal or newspaper article, report)
4. Contact information for two references
5. A copy of your current passport (front cover; details page; any visa/right to work information)

Candidates can expect to hear back by second week in May.

Please direct any questions and send application materials to Johanna.Hanefeld@lshtm.ac.uk

Oxford - Ethox Centre Visiting Fellowship 2014

CAROLINE MILES VISITING SCHOLARSHIP

THE ETHOX CENTRE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

The Caroline Miles Visiting Scholarship is funded by the Ethox Foundation and is awarded annually to a post-doctoral or early career researcher to visit the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford.

The value of the scholarship is up to £2000.

Visiting Scholars will spend up to a month working at the Ethox Centre in Oxford, pursuing a research project on a topic relating to one of the Ethox Centre’s four main research programmes: global health ethics; clinical ethics; public health ethics; research ethics. Scholars will be expected to make a presentation on their research toward the end of their stay.

Deadline: 14th April 2014

For more information on how to apply visit: www.ethox.org.uk

Contact:

Dr Angeliki Kerasidou

Director of Caroline Miles Scholarship Scheme angeliki.kerasidou@ethox.ox.ac.uk

Brocher Fondation: call for visiting researchers, symposia and workshops

http://www.brocher.ch/en/calls-for-proposals/


The Brocher Foundation is located on the shores of the Geneva Lake, in Hermance (Geneva - Switzerland).

The Brocher Foundation residencies last between one and four months. They give researchers the opportunity to work at the Brocher Centre on projects on the ethical, legal and social implications for humankind of recent medical research and new technologies. Every month a dozen of visiting researchers live and concentrate on their research project at the Foundation.

The Brocher Foundation offers to successful applicants an accommodation in the domain of the Brocher Foundation and work space with all facilities.

Developing a research project involving cooperation with a Swiss university, a European university, a governmental or non- governmental will be considered as an asset.

A researcher can apply with other researchers to work on a collaborative project.

For further information about the Brocher Foundation please visit our website: www.brocher.ch  

Topics of the Year 2014

Among the following disciplines: Bioethics Medical Anthropology Health Economics Health Policy Health Law Philosophy of Medicine and Health Medical Humanities Social Science Perspectives on Health Medical Ethics History of medicine Why Apply? Write a book, articles, an essay, a monograph or your PhD thesis in a peaceful environment Have the opportunity to meet other researchers from different disciplines and countries Have the opportunity to meet experts from numerous International Organizations & Non- Governmental Organizations based in Geneva (WHO, WTO, WIPO, UNHCR, ILO, WMA, ICRC, ...)  Proposals of the following topics are notably welcomed: Equitable access to medical care Biobanks Biosecurity and Dual Use Dilemmas Clinical Trials and Research on Human Subjects Genetic testing and screening Health Care Reform Nanotechnology Neglected diseases Calls for proposals The Brocher Foundation launches every year two calls for proposals. One for the visiting positions and one for the workshops and symposia. Next dates: Visiting researchers 2014: Call: Mid-November 2012 Deadline: Mid-January 2013 Symposia & Workshops 2014: Call: Mid-January 2013 Deadline:  Mid-March 2013 Pandemic planning Reproductive technology Stem Cells and Cell Therapy Organ transplantation Cyber Health Neurosciences Synthetic

Deadly Sins and Living Virtues of Public Health

Deadly Sins and Living Virtues of Public Health
President and Staff of United States Institute of Medicine    Full document here

Harvey V. Fineberg, Jennifer Cohen, Patricia Cuff, Rick Erdtmann, Patrick Kelley, Janice Mehler, Livia Navon, Laura Pillsbury, Stephanie Pincus, Sheri Sable, Patti Simon, Isabelle Von Kohorn, and Sarah Ziegenhorn

At a recent meeting for Institute of Medicine (IOM) staff, I delivered a version of my 2011 Frank A. Calderone Prize  Lecture, which included reference to the seven deadly sins. As originally enunciated by Pope Gregory I in 590 A.D., the deadly sins  are lust, sloth, gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, and pride. I used these as a foil to suggest there are also seven deadly sins of public health. Retaining three of the original sins (sloth, greed, and gluttony), I added four more: ignorance, complacency, timidity, and obstinacy. Sloth blocks us from doing the daily activity that would help keep us healthy. Gluttony cajoles us to eat even if we are no longer hungry and has, along with sloth, produced an obesity epidemic. Greed drives companies to continue to market and profit from items that are bad for health, such as cigarettes.

To these I added three sins of omission—ignorance, sometimes willful, colors judgment and leads to poor health decisions by both individuals and policy makers;  complacency is responsible for the acceptance as “normal” of health hazards that are, in fact, preventable or avoidable; and  timidity prevents individuals from demanding health-enhancing changes to policy and practice and inhibits policy makers from doing the right thing. For the seventh deadly sin, I suggested obstinacy—the refusal to accept evidence on best practices and the refusal to change practices or customs that are familiar. I then invited staff to propose additional candidates for a deadly sin of public health and submit them to Clyde Behney, deputy executive officer of the IOM. Clyde then compiled the results, and we thought it would be worthwhile to make them more widely available through a discussion paper.

Harvey V. Fineberg
President, IOM

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Global Health symposium report

Nuffield Council on Bioethics -  Global Health Symposium June 2011 Report & Slides

 Go to Nuffield Council symposium webpage here

Global health symposium

An international line-up of speakers and 130 guests discussed current initiatives and future challenges in global health inequalities at the Council’s 20^th anniversary symposium on Wednesday 22 June 2011 in London.

After exploring the ethical and moral arguments for improving health globally, three specific areas were explored: the social determinants of health; chronic and non-communicable disease; and the role of emerging biotechnologies. Participants agreed that disparities in health are real and ethically troubling, and that there is a complex set of responsibilities for tackling the problem.

Download:

• A report of the symposium
• Programme 
• Speaker biographies and abstracts

This 8-minute video shows highlights of the day, including interviews with speakers and delegates:

Media coverage

British Medical Journal - “Co-development” is key to promoting universal access to healthcare

Wellcome Trust blog - Global health: the biggest bioethics challenge of all?