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The Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law (of KU Leuven) is organising an intensive course on Ethics of Reproductive Technologies. The objective of this course is to focus at some of the most challenging ethical issues in reproductive medicine, as well on the level of fundamental notions as applied clinical questions.

During the course experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of reproductive medicine. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be English.

The course is of interest to participants from diverse professional backgrounds, such as medicine, philosophy and theology, health care administration, and PhD students undertaking courses of study in these areas. The intensive course Ethics of Reproductive Technologies is part of the Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics programme organised by a consortium of three European universities, namely the KU Leuven (Belgium), Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (The Netherlands) and the Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy). Because of this combination, participants of the intensive course Ethics of Reproductive Technologies, will join Master students from all over the world.

The course fee is € 650 if you register and pay as a participant before September 15th 2012, € 750 for registration and payment from September 15th 2012 onwards.

This fee includes tuition and course materials, as well as refreshments, three lunches and a dinner. Detailed information on registration and payment can be found at our website www.masterbioethics.org under Intensive Courses.

US IRBs face challenges in applying ethical principles and regulations regarding research being conducted in the developing world, highlighting needs for education.

Dear Colleagues,

The June 2012 issue of Bioethics Links, the CBEC newsletter, is now available at the following link: http://www.siut.org/bioethics/NewsletterJune2012.html

For this issue of Bioethics Links we invited our international teaching faculty (Dr. Ramanathan, India) and students (Dr. Bukusi, Kenya, Dr. Kolambage, Sri Lanka) to write about their impressions of CBEC programs and being in Karachi. Also included are commentaries by Dr. Khan (AKU, Karachi) and Dr. Ismatullah (International Islamic University, Islamabad) who audited our Research Ethics module, an essay by PGD student Dr. Faheem, and reports about bioethics activities in Peshawar.

Happy Reading!

Aamir Jafarey
Associate Professor
Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture, SIUT
Karachi 74200, Pakistan
Phone (92 21) 3272 6338
Fax (92 21) 3520 6738

Anika Khan
Senior Lecturer
Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture, SIUT
Karachi 74200, Pakistan
Phone (92 21) 3272 6338
Fax (92 21) 3520 6738