Announcement - The YRG CARE Bioethics Symposium (TYBS) 2009 - January 11, 2009 Sunday - YRG CARE, Chennai

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Dear All,

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.

ABOUT YRG CARE:

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;

s 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@...)

REGISTRATION FORM

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THE YRG CARE BIOETHICS SYMPOSIUM 2009

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

AGENDA

08:00 REGISTRATION

09:00 Welcome & Introductory Remarks (Dr. Suniti , 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.

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. '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