How well was HHErg represented at HEI Research Day 2019? Extremely well, thank you.
On March 14, McMaster’s Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact hosted its annual Research Day.
The HHErg was well represented this year with two poster presentations (below) and an oral presentation entitled, “Dying in the Margins: Palliative Care, Humanitarian Crises and the Intersection of Global and Local Health Systems.”
Downloadable PDF of the Natural Disasters Array poster.
Downloadable PDF of the Opportunities and Challenges poster.
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PREA: Call for Abstracts
Abstracts are now being accepted for paper and poster presentations at an International Conference on Ethics & Humanitarian Research.
The conference is organised jointly by the PREA Research Team and The Ohio State University (OSU).
The conference takes place 25-26 March 2019 at OSU in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Confirmed Speakers
Others will be added as confirmations are received.
- Tine Van Bortel, Ph.D.,
Professor of Global & Mental Health, University of East London, UK;
Deputy Director of the Institute of Health & Human Development. - Matthew Hunt, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor and Director of Research, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Co-Director of the Humanitarian Health Ethics Network - Elysée Nouvet, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, The Africa Institute, Western University, Ontario, Canada;
conducted research in West Africa on the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak
More about the conference:
The Post-Research Ethics Analysis (PREA) project is funded by r2hc to address ethical issues in humanitarian research.
One output is a practical tool to facilitate reflection on and learning from ethical issues arising during humanitarian research. The tool will be launched at the conference, along with keynote lectures, accepted paper and poster presentations, and structured conversations between humanitarian researchers and ethicists.
Abstracts deadline: 31 December 2018.
- For guidelines and to submit an abstract, go to: http://www.preaportal.org/conference/submissions/.
- Travel expenses will be covered for a limited number of accepted presentations.
- Conference proceedings will be available in an open-access, searchable platform, OSU’s Engaged Scholars.
- Information on the International Conference: http://www.preaportal.org/conference/
- Information on the PREA project: http://www.preaportal.org/
- Information on The Ohio State University: https://www.osu.edu/
The PREA project also has an open call for submissions of Case Studies in the Ethics of Humanitarian Research: http://www.preaportal.org/case-studies/
If you have specific questions about the Conference, please email info@preaportal.org.
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Upcoming abstract deadlines.
Don’t miss you chance to submit abstracts for the following events:
- November 12: WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 May 2019
- November 23: Canadian Bioethics Congress (CBS), Banff, Alberta, Canada, 22-24 May 2019.
- Theme: Embracing the Disruptive Edge of Health Care
- Website: https://cbsscb.meetinghand.com/en
Missed our event in Geneva? Looking for a summary? Here it is.
Have a look at a summary of the events that took place 26-27 September when the HHE Research Group visited Geneva.
Thank you to our co-hosts CERAH, and to all of our participants over the two days and one evening of exciting activities.
By all means, if you have thoughts you’d like to share with us about our ongoing research or the events from September in Geneva, please contact us!
McMaster Global Health Speaker Series to Feature HHE’s Dr. Lisa Schwartz
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Dr. Lisa Schwartz
Arnold L. Johnson Chair, Health Care Ethics; Professor, Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University
“Ethics, Obstacles and Palliative Care in Humanitarian Settings”
MDCL 3020 – 4:30-6:30PM
Other speakers and dates:
Monday October 22, 2018
Dr. Govindakarnavar Arunkumar
Dr. Govindakarnavar Arunkumar
Professor & Head, Nodal Officer (Influenza Lab), Manipal Centre for Virus Research, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
“Nipah Virus: An Emerging Pandemic”
MDCL 3020 – 4:30-6:30PM
Thursday November 22, 2018
Dr. Stuart MacLeod
Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
“New Approaches to Improving Therapeutic Choices for Children: A Global Health Priority”
MDCL 3020 – 4:30-6:30PM
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Upcoming Event: September 26
Small Humanitarian Acts that Make All the Difference in End of Life Care?
Evening Panel Discussion | 18:30-20:30 | Maison de la paix
Introductory remarks—
18:30-18:40
Dor
is Schopper
is SchopperDr. Schopper is professor at the medical faculty of the University of Geneva and director of CERAH since July 2011.Trained as a medical doctor,Schopper spent several years with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the field. She was president of the Swiss branch of MSF and twice president of the MSF International Council. In 2001 Doris Schopper was asked to constitute an Ethics Review Board for MSF International. Since then she has chaired the Board coordinating the ethical review of MSF research proposals and providing advice on ethical matters to the organisation. https
://www.cerahgeneve.ch/cerah/faculty-staff/academics/prof-doris-schopper
://www.cerahgeneve.ch/cerah/faculty-staff/academics/prof-doris-schopper 18:40-18:55
Lisa Schwartz
Prof. Schwartz is the Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics with the Faculty of Health Sciences, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Associate Director of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), and Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy, at McMaster University. Dr Schwartz is trained as a Clinical Ethics Consultant and has used and devised frameworks for the ethical challenges that arise in clinical care in high and low resource settings and in humanitarian crises settings. https://humanitarianhealthethics.net/home/about/lisa-schwartz/
18:55-19:00 – Doris Shopper’s introduction of the keynote speaker
Keynote message—19:00-19:20 (+5 mins of clarification questions)
Paul Bouvier on Small Acts of Humanitarian Kindness
Dr. Bouvier works with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as course coordinator (the HELP course)and chair of the group on ethics in the practice of humanitarian action. Former ICRC Senior Medical Advisor, he is a medical doctor with specialization in pediatrics and public health, and Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, where he has carried out research and prevention programs on child sexual abuse and violence. Along with his medical and training activities, Dr. Bouvier has also applied the perspectives he developed through his various roles and field experience in crises into various philosophical reflection and medical humanities activities. From published reflections on “small things and humanity” on the part of delegates visiting people in detention (2012), to an art history lesson on Francisco Goya’s Disasters of War prints in prefiguring Dunant’s Solferino relief efforts by several decades (2011), Dr. Bouvier has demonstrated his skills as a rich and diverse thinker on issues of suffering, morality and what it means to be human. A further complement to his professional work, and his intellectual writing, he has consulted on exhibitions at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum<https://www.redcrossmuseum.ch/en> in Geneva including the main “Humanitarian Adventure” halls, and the most recent publication “Prisoners’ Objects<https://www.redcrossmuseum.ch/en/product/prisoners-objects/>.”
19:25-19:30—Schwartz introduces the panelists
Panelists—19:30-20:15
Ibraheem Abu SiamAbu Siam, RN, CNS, is a Public Health Officer at UNHCR (Jordan). He is an experienced Public Health Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the international affairs industry. Skilled in Policy Analysis, Government, Program Evaluation, Public Policy, and Research, he is a dedicated community and social services professional with a Master’s degree focused in Public Health/Community Nursing from Jordan University for Science and Technology. You can see him here on a video from the International Council of Nurses speak on the topic of safeguarding health during crises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFY8yHd_i_E
Emmanuel Musoni
Dr. Musoni is a Psychiatrist at the Central Hospital of the University of Rwanda in Kigali (CHUK). Before starting his postgraduate studies in psychiatry, Dr. Musoni was the Clinical Director at the Masaka District Hospital, Rwanda. He also served as a Medical Officer in Darfur-North SUDAN for the UNAMID Peacekeeping mission. His research interests include bipolar disorders and palliative care. He is currently carrying out research on the effects and challenges of psychoeducation on patients with bipolar disorder in Rwanda. https://humanitarianhealthethics.net/home/research/hhe-research-studies/pall-iphc/case-study-conflict-protracted-refugees-rwanda/
Sonya de LaatDr. de Laat is the Postdoctoral Fellow in Humanitarian Health Ethics at McMaster University, Canada. With backgrounds in anthropology and media studies, her interests and approaches are mixed and multidisciplinary—straddling social science, health science and humanities. Her research interests include the moral, political and historical dimensions of humanitarian visual culture. Currently, she is focusing on the role of photography in shaping people’s impressions of and in mediating responses to global migration, with a particular focus on the conditions and experiences of being a refugee, and on humanitarian (health)care for refugees. www.sonyadelaat.weebly.com
Olive WahoushDr. Wahoush has been an advocate and researcher of refugee health care since 1987. She came to this topic through teaching undergraduate nurses maternal newborn health in a refugee camp in Jordan and through hospital administration and volunteer roles in Pakistan and Canada. Through her roles at the School of Nursing at McMaster University, Dr. Wahoush was instrumental is leading and promoting research with refugees, newcomers and other underserved populations. Recent research Dr. Wahoush has been involved in or leading include studies focused on reproductive health, health and resettlement of refugees and refugee-like families in Canada and exploring the selection process for refugees in transit countries like Jordan.
20:15-10:30 — Schopper & Schwartz closing remarks
Military Medicine: NATO Lecture Series
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Webinar: New WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance
Seminario virtual: Nuevas pautas de OMS sobre ética en la vigilancia de la salud pública –notar enlace para la sesión corregido (AHORA SÍ)
La OPS lo invita a un seminario virtual para presentar estas pautas, recientemente publicadas por OMS, que constituyen el primer marco internacional para dar orientación ética en los temas de vigilancia en la salud pública. El seminario contará con presentaciones de la Dr. Amy Fairchild (Profesora de la Escuela Mailman de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Columbia y actualmente también Decana Asociada de Asuntos Académicos de Texas A&M) y el Dr. Michael Selgelid (Director del Centro de Bioética de la Universidad de Monash). Ambos trabajaron en el desarrollo de las pautas y representan a Centros Colaboradores de Bioética de la OPS/OMS.
El seminario virtual se llevará a cabo el 21 de noviembre de 3:00 a 4:30 pm (hora de Washington DC) y será en inglés. Para participar siga este enlace: https://paho.webex.com/paho/onstage/g.php?MTID=e4df9a57d1be734860c8eea47e91646aa
Las pautas están disponibles en inglés en: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/255721/1/9789241512657-eng.pdf?ua=1. La OPS próximamente publicará las pautas en español.
Para recibir más información sobre temas de ética de la salud pública, suscríbase por medio de este hiperlink a la lista de OPS Public Health Ethics .
Webinar: New WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance –note NOW corrected link for session
PAHO invites you to a webinar to present these guidelines, recently published by WHO, which are the first international framework to provide ethics guidance on issues in public health surveillance. Dr. Amy Fairchild (Professor at Columbia Univeristy Mailman School of Public Health, currently serving as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Texas A&M) and Dr. Michael Selgelid (Director of Monash University’s Bioethics Center) will present the guidelines. Both participated in their development and represent Bioethics Collaborating Centers of PAHO/WHO.
The webinar will take place on November 21st from 3:00 to 4:30 pm (Washington DC time) and will be conducted in English. To participate follow this link: https://paho.webex.com/paho/onstage/g.php?MTID=e4df9a57d1be734860c8eea47e91646aa
The guidelines are available (in English) at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/255721/1/9789241512657-eng.pdf?ua=1. PAHO will soon publish them in Spanish.
To receive more information on public health ethics topics, subscribe through this hyperlink to PAHO’s listserv Public Health Ethics .
Programa Regional de Bioética Regional Program on Bioethics
Gestión del Conocimiento, Bioética e Investigación Knowledge Management, Bioethics and Research
Organización Panamericana de la Salud Pan American Health Organization
Obstacles and moral experiences with palliative care provision in humanitarian crises…
From September 17-19, Kevin Bezanson represented the Humanitarian Health Ethics research group at the 5th International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference held in Ottawa, ON.
Here is the PDF version of the poster entitled –
Health professionals’ lived experiences of palliative care provision in humanitarian crisis: Moral experiences confronting the suffering of patients who are dying or likely to die in settings of war, disaster, or epidemic.
The poster is based on ongoing research for a R2HC funded project entitled:
The research project is funded by Elrha’s Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme. The Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) programme aims to improve health outcomes by strengthening the evidence base for public health interventions in humanitarian crises. Visit www.elrha.org/work/r2hc for more information. The R2HC programme is funded equally by the Wellcome Trust and DFID, with Elrha overseeing the programme’s execution and management.
