May 31, 2016
09:00-18:00
Edgar de Picciotto Family National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (#41)
9:00
Greetings and Opening Remarks
Prof. Rivka Carmi, President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Prof. Ute Deichmann, Director, Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
I. HISTORY OF MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION
9:15
Michael Alkan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Emeritus)
"Viral Hepatitis and Human Experimentation: A Historical View"
9:40
Nadav Davidovitch, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
"From the Laboratory to the Bedside and Beyond - Historical and Ethical Perspectives on Vaccine Experimentation and Policy"
10:05
Rainer Erices, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
"A Media-Created Scandal? Clinical Trials of Western Companies in Eastern Germany (GDR)"
II. NAZI MEDICAL CRIMES AND THEIR IMPACT ON RESEARCH THEREAFTER
10:35
Volker Roelcke, University of Giessen
"Human Subject Research during the Nazi Period: Rationalities, Victims, Potential Implications"
11:10
COFFEE BREAK
11:35
Etienne Lepicard, Ashkelon Academic College
"Israel, Human Research and the Shadow of Nazi Medical Crimes"
III. EXPERIMENTATION AND CLINICAL TRIALS AT THE PRESENT TIME
12:05
Motti Gutman, Sheba Medical Center
"Evidence-based Surgery: Are We Sure We Are Doing the Right Thing?"
12:35
Asa Kasher, Tel Aviv University
"Experimentation Involving Conscripts"
13:05
LUNCH
14:05
Leslie Lobel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
"Human Sampling and Clinical Trials: A Perspective from the Developing World"
14:35
Maureen Malowany, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Medical Research in Sub-Saharan Africa: When the Field Becomes the Laboratory"
15:05
Michal Lotem, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
"When the Impossible Comes True: How to Deal with Promising Therapies That Are Not Yet Confirmed"
15:30
COFFEE BREAK
IV. GENERAL ETHICAL QUESTIONS
15:50
Ruti Parvari, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
"Informed Consent in Human Genetic Studies"
16:15
Hedva Eyal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Borders, Science and Ethics: Review Boards for Human Medical Experimentation in Israel"
16:40
Shlomo Cohen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
"Ambiguities in the Ethics of Consent to Research"
17:05-18:00
Round Table Discussion
Experimentation in Humans Program - PDF Version
