The International Advisory Committee on Bioethics of PAHO
The objective of the International Advisory Committee on Bioethics advises PAHO Director on the activities developed in this field, specially those carried out through the Bioethics Unit. The Unit's mission, since 1994, is to collaborate with public and private institutions in order to develop and apply concepts and procedures related to ethical decisions in scientific research, technical cooperation, professional development and health care. Outstanding bioethicists, who are part of it on duty for a certain period, constitute the International Advisory Committee on Bioethics.
In this Committee have participated:
Fernando Lolas Stepke. Director of Bioethics Unit (former Regional Program on Bioethics) PAHO - WHO. Coordinator of the International Assessor Committee on Bioethics. Santiago, Chile. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) *
James F. Drane. Professor of Bioethics of the University of Edinboro. Edinboro, Pennsylvania. United States. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Diego Gracia Guillén. Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Department of Public Health and History of Sciences. Director of Master Program on Bioethics. Madrid, Spain. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) *
Ezekiel Emanuel. National Institutes of Health. Director of Bioethics' Department. Bethesda, Maryland. United States. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Daniel Callahan. Director of Internationals Programs. The Hastings Center. Garrison, New York. United States. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) *
Julio Arboleda Florez. Titular Professor and Director of the Psychiatry Department. Queens University. Kingston, Ontario. Canada. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
José Alberto Mainetti. Director Foundation Dr. José María Mainetti. La Plata, Argentina. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Luis Argentino Pico. Pontificia Universidad Católica. Postgraduate Faculty in Health Sciences. Director of Public Health and Sanitary Administration Department. Buenos Aires, Argentina (1999, 2000, 2001)
Dietrich von Engehardt. Institut für Medizin und Wissenchaftsgeschichte. Medizinische Universität zu Lübek. Lübek, Germany. (1999, 2000)
Ruth Macklin. Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Bronx, NY. U.S.A. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) *
Norman Daniels. Tufts University. Department of Philosophy. Professor of Medical Ethics. Medford, MA. USA (2000, 2001 - 2002, 2003, 2004) *
Robert J. Levine. Yale University School of Medicine. Professor of Medicine and Lecturer in Pharmacology. New Haven CT. USA (2002, 2003)
Daniel Wikler. World Health Organization. Global Program on Evidence for Health Police. Senior Staff Ethicist. Geneva, Switzerland. (2002, 2003)
Bernardo Klisksberg. General Coordinator Office of the Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital, Ethic and Development. Washington, D.C. USA. (2003, 2004) *
Alfonso Llano Escobar. Director Instituto de Bioética - CENALBE. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Academic Vicerectorship. Bogotá. Colombia (2003, 2004) *
Alexander Capron. Director Ethics and Health Program (DGO/ETH). World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. (2003, 2004) *
Victor B. Penchaszadeh. Professor of Pediatrics. Chief Division of Medical Genetics. Beth Israel Medical Center. New York, USA. (2003, 2004) *
Sana Loue, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor of Bioethics Ethics. Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Assistant Professor of International Health Center for Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A. (2003, 2004) *
Peter A. Singer. Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and Director University of Toronto Join Center for Bioethics. Toronto, Ontario. Canada (2003, 2004) *
David E. Aarons. Towen Isle. St. Mary, Jamaica. West Indies. (2003, 2004) *
Leocir Pessini. Vicerector. Centro Universitário São Camilo. Ipiranga. São Paulo, SO. Brazil. (2003, 2004) *
Pedro Federico Hooft Lauterslager. Titular Professor Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina. (2003, 2004) *
*Current Committee Members
Papers, conclusions and recommendations presented by members in each Committee's official meeting give rise to technical documents, in some cases bilingual, that are edited and published by the Unit.
Current Publications
Investigación en Sujetos Humanos: Experiencia Interacional.
(1st International Assessor Committee on Bioethics Meeting carried out in Washington,
DC, United States, May, 1999). ISBN: 956-7938-00-0. This publication was partially
reedited in 2003 with the namePautas
Éticas de Investigación en Seres Humanos: Nuevas perpectivas.
(PDF)
Bioética
y Cuidado de la Salud. Equidad, Calidad, Derechos. (2nd International
Assessor Committee on Bioethics Meeting carried out in Panama City, Panama,
May, 2000) ISBN: 956-7938-01-6.
Interfaces between bioethics and the empirical social sciences. It contains the documents elaborated by the members of the International Bioethics Advisory Committee of PAHO, that was established in the first official meeting held on October 2-3, 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN 956-7938-02-4
Diálogo y cooperación en Salud. Diez años de Bioética en la OPS. It contains the documents elaborated by the members of the International Bioethics Advisory Committee of PAHO, that was established in the first official meeting held on October 2-3, 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN 956-7938-02-4