KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL ETHICS COMMITTEE TRAINING

Description

To Educate and Sensitize staff at the Kenyatta National Hospital Ethics Committee Members and the Public on ethical guidance

Objectives

Presenters

1. Mrs Caroline Kithinji
   Ms. Kithinji is the head of training at the Scientific and Ethics Review Unit (SERU) of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). She has 20 years of experience in Research Ethics Committee (REC) administration and training During this time, in addition to providing efficient and considered review of research protocols, she has trained and mentored young professionals in Biomedical ethics and research ethics committee administration. SERU, inaugurated in 2014, is a culmination of ten years of deliberate introduction of resources, both human and financial, into a secretariat that began with three individuals to a team of 14 well-trained professionals. Her educational background includes an MSc in Medical Parasitology from the London Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and an MBE in Biomedical Ethics from the Sindh Institute of Health Sciences/Center of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC), Karachi, Pakistan. She has a BSc in Biochemistry and Zoology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and a graduate certificate in International Research Ethics from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore.
   KEMRI


2. Prof. John Weru
   Prof. John Weru is an Associate Professor at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUHN). He is the chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee at AKUHN and the Vice-Chair of the global Aga Khan Ethics Review Board. He is the course lead for both the undergraduate and postgraduate bioethics courses at AKUHN. He is an adjunct faculty member with Mt. Kenya University, AMREF International University and the CBEC-KEMRI- Bioethics Training Initiative (CK-BTI) projects. He is a peer reviewer with multiple journals and has written peer reviewed articles and book chapters.
   AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL


3. Prof. Elizabeth BUKUSI
   Prof. Bukusi (ObGyn), MPH, PhD, PGD (Research Ethics), Masters in Bioethics, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, earned her general medical degree and Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology degree from the University of Nairobi. She then earned a certificate in international health, MPH and a PhD from the University of Washington’s Department of Epidemiology, a post graduate diploma in Research Ethics from the University of Cape Town and a Masters in Bioethics from Centre for Bioethics and Culture at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi. She is a certified IRB Professional. She is a Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), a Research Professor at the University of Washington (Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Global health), an honorary lecturer at Aga Khan University in Nairobi and Maseno University (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) and Volunteer Clinical faculty – Professor at the University of California San Francisco (Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Sciences). Prof. Bukusi, in collaboration with Dr. Craig Cohen at UCSF, established the KEMRI Research Care and Training Program in 1995. In addition to her substantial experience in conducting socio-behavioural and biomedical research and providing HIV care, mentoring, and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity, she has a strong interest in research and clinical ethics and the development of systems and structures for regulation of research at KEMRI and in the country. She was the chairperson/founding member of the Bioethics Society of Kenya, (BSK), a multidisciplinary, non-political, non-discriminatory, and not-for- profit organization with a primary objective of promoting high ethical standards in bio- medical research, medicine and health care in Kenya. She is a board member of AVAC, Chaired the WHO HRP Alliance (capacity building for RH research) 2016 to 2021, and is a trustee for the HIV Trust, and an Elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS).
   KEMRI


4. Dr. Pascal MWAKIO
   Rev. Dr. Fr. Pascal Mwambi Mwakio is a Catholic priest from Mombasa Archdiocese since 2004. He holds Bachelor’s degree in Philosophical studies from Urbaniana University Rome, Bachelor’s degree in theological studies, Masters and Doctorate degrees in Bioethics all from Regina Apostolurum University, Rome. He is the author of book “The Right to Life and African Concepts about Life: A Bioethical Approach for Kenya, 2014, an expert and committee member of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences’ Program and a member of Bioethics Society of Kenya. Additionally, he is an external examiner at Catholic University of Eastern Africa. Currently he is a faculty member of the KEMRI especially in the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Culture -Karachi-Pakistan (CBEC) and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Bioethics Training Initiative (CK-BTI). Dr. Mwakio is also an adjunct lecturer of bioethics at AMIU (AMREF International University). .
   AMREF


5. Prof. Stephen Muhudhia
   Prof. Muhudhia is Consultant Paediatrician in clinical practice at The Nairobi Hospital. He is an adjunct professor of bioethics, and co-director Africa Bioethics Initiative at Trinity International University in Illinois, USA. He is a part- time lecturer at Kabarak University, where he teaches bioethics to Master of Family Medicine students. Prof. Muhudhia is an adjunct faculty for the Master in Bioethics program at Amref International University and Mount Kenya University in Kenya. He is the Vice Chair of the Scientific and Ethics Review Unit, Committee C of Kenya Medical Research Institute. He is the current Chair of the Bioethics Society of Kenya. In addition to qualifications as a specialist paediatrician, he has a Master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Law and a Post Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Ethics.
   NAIROBI HOSPITAL