Abstract
Clinical research is now a global enterprise. However, research ethics capacity has lagged behind the growth and expansion of clinical research in low and middle income countries. To address this mismatch, the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health has created a program to fund education in research ethics. This series of articles describes the experiences of graduates from 5 nations of the University of Toronto’s Joint Centre for Bioethics International Masters of Health Science Program. The program has graduated 32 students to return to their institutions to build research ethics capacity.
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This project was funded, in part, by a grant from the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health 5R25TW001606. Dr. Upshur is supported by the Canada Research Chair in Primary Care Research. I would like to acknowledge the work of Dr. Peter Singer and Dr. James Lavery in the creation of this introduction. As well, I would like to thank Cecile Bensimon for her superb assistance in the editing of this collection of papers and to Shari Gruman for her expert assistance in copy editing and formatting. Thanks also go to all faculty and support staff at the Joint Centre for Bioethics for making the program possible, and to our graduates for enriching our community. Thanks to Dr. Barbara Sina of the Fogarty International Center for all her support for the JCB program.
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Upshur, R.E.G. Introduction. J Acad Ethics 6, 271–275 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-009-9074-3
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