Session Title Research Ethics Review: Can Prevailing Ethics Mechanisms Protect

Human Subjects in the Contemporary Context of Research Innovation?

Theme Social Accountability of Research and Innovation for Health

Format 2-Part Panel Presentations and Open Forum

Session Description The presentations will discuss contemporary efforts to adapt

conventional ethics mechanisms to rapidly emerging technological
innovations in health research. Discussions will seek to answer whether
such mechanisms have been able to cope with the requirement (1) to
protect human subjects and (2) to advance the frontiers of health
innovation equitably
Date 24 August 2015

Time (preliminary) 1:30 PM 5:00 PM

Room (preliminary) Room 6

Host Philippine Health Research Ethics Board

Chair DR. LEONARDO D. DE CASTRO

Chair
Philippine Health Research Ethics Board
and
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Biomedical Ethics
National University of Singapore
(Philippines/Singapore)
Rapporteur c/o PCHRD Moderators PROF. FATIMA A. CASTILLO
Member
Philippine Health Research Ethics Board
and
Faculty
University of the Philippines Manila
(Philippines)

and

DR. ROSARIO ANGELES T. ALORA

Member
Philippine Health Research Ethics Board
and
Chair
Bioethics Advisory Board
Department of Health
(Philippines)

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Target Audience Biomedical researchers, policy makers, and research ethics committee
members
Goals of the Session To examine ethics mechanisms in the context of essential innovation in
health research and practice in the Philippines
Key Questions Can prevailing ethics mechanisms and research ethics review paradigms
cope with the dual objectives of protecting human subjects and
supporting necessary efforts to advance the frontiers of health
innovation equitably?
Expected Results Recommendations for effective and equitable ethics mechanisms
appropriate for emerging contexts for innovation in health research

Session Outline 1:00 PM Registration Secretariat

Part 1:
Information and 1:30 1:40 PM Introduction Moderator:
Communications (10 min) PROF. FATIMA A. CASTILLO
Technology-assisted Health
Care: Maximizing Health 1:40 2:00 PM Presentation from Speaker 1 PROF. PETER A. SY
Benefits while Protecting (20 min) Privacy in Health Information Associate Professor
Beneficiaries Exchange University of the Philippines
(Philippines)

2:00 2:20 PM Presentation from Speaker 2 DR. PORTIA F. MARCELO

(20 min) eHealth and TeleHealth in the
Philippines: Coping with Ethical
Challenges
Director
National Telehealth Center
University of the Philippines
Manila - National Institutes
of Health
(Philippines)

2:20 2:40 PM Presentation from Speaker 3 ATTY. ALBERTO T. MUYOT

(20 min) Responding to Ethical Challenges Undersecretary
in the Storage, Transmission and Legal and Legislative Affairs
Application of Health Information Department of Education
and Communications Technology and
Member
Philippine Health Research
Ethics Board
(Philippines)

2:40 3:10 PM Open Forum Moderator/Speakers

(30 min)

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Session Outline 3:10 3:20 PM Introduction Moderator:
Part 2: (10 min) DR. ROSARIO ANGELES T.
Research in Stem Cells, ALORA
Genetics and Genomics:
Ensuring Safety, Equity and 3:20 3:40 PM Presentation from Speaker 1 DR. FILIPINAS F. NATIVIDAD
the Protection of the (20 min) The Social Responsibility of Member
Vulnerable Institutions Engaged in Innovative National Ethics Committee
Research (Philippines)

3:40 4:00 PM Presentation from Speaker 2 DR. MARITA V.T. REYES

(20 min) Human Population Genetic Chair
Research: Innovation in the Face of National Ethics Committee
Tradition and Remote Populations (Philippines)

4:00 4:20 PM Presentation from Speaker 3 DR. LEONARDO D. DE

(20 min) Beyond Informed Consent: CASTRO
Databanking for Genetic and Chair
Genomic Research Philippine Health Research
Ethics Board
and
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Biomedical Ethics
National University of
Singapore
(Philippines/Singapore)

4:20 4:50 PM Open Forum Moderator/Speakers

(30 min)
4:50 5:00 PM Synthesis/Closing Remarks Moderator
(10 min)

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