Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Summary of a Workshop (2002)

Welcome and Introductions

Session 1: Ethical Approaches to Research in Emergencies

Session 2: Research Ethics in Practice: Case Study of Liberia

Session 3: Issues Related to Ethical Norms in Biomedical and Social Research

Session 4: Social & Demographic Categories in Research in Emergencies

Session 5: Informed Consent Issues for Conflict-Affected Populations

Session 6: Potential Long- and Short-Term Risks and Benefits of Research in Emergencies

Final Discussion and Wrap-up

CHARLES B. KEELY (Chair), Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

FREDERICK AHEARN, National Catholic School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America

RONALD BAYER, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

RICHARD BLACK, Center for Development and Environment, University of Sussex

J. KIRK FELSMAN, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University

RUTH KRULFELD, Department of Anthropology and School of International Affairs, George Washington University

JENNIFER LEANING, School of Public Health, Harvard University

FELICE LEVINE, American Sociological Association, Washington, DC

JUDITH LICHTENBERG, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park

KATE MACQUEEN, Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC

PHILLIP NIEBURG, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

WILLIAM SELTZER, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Fordham University

JONATHAN SHAY, Tufts University Medical School and Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Boston

RONALD WALDMAN, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

LINDA BARTLETT, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

BEVERLEE BRUCE, Social Science Research Council, New York

MERRY BULLOCK, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC

RICHARD CASH, School of Public Health, Harvard University

MICHELLE DETWILER, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

JOSH DEWIND, Social Science Research Council, New York

VIRGINIA DE WOLF, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council

VALERIE DURRANT, Committee on Population, National Research Council

KATHLEEN FRYDL, Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council

ANDRE GRIEKSPOOR, Emergency and Humanitarian Action Department, World Health Organization, Geneva

UNNI KARUNAKARA, Johns Hopkins University and Médecins Sans Frontières

KIRSTI LATTU, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC

JIM LAVRY, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes for Health, Bethesda, Maryland

MARYANNE LOUGHRY, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

PAULA REED LYNCH, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC

CAROLYN MAKINSON, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York

SUSAN F. MARTIN, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

MICHAEL McCLINTOCK, Human Rights Watch, New York

JEAN-PAUL MENU, International Centre for Migration and Health, Geneva

SUSAN PURDIN, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

TRACY RABIN, School of Public Health, Harvard University

W. COURTLAND ROBINSON, Center for Refugee and Disaster Studies, Johns Hopkins University

JANE L. ROSS, Center for Social and Economic Studies, National Research Council

SHARON STANTON RUSSELL, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ANGELA SHARPE, Consortium of Social Science Associations, Washington, DC

PAUL SPIEGEL, International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

MARK WALKUP, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC

BARNEY COHEN, Director, Committee on Population

HOLLY REED, Program Officer, Committee on Population

CHRISTINE CHEN, Project Assistant, Committee on Population

ANA-MARIA IGNAT, Senior Project Assistant, Committee on Population