The inexorable march to progress: Sadequain, Industry and Agriculture II, 1984. Section of mural on display in State Bank of Pakistan Museum, Karachi

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Ethical Review Challenges in LMICs – A View from Pakistan

In this series, several seasoned members from different research ethics committees and review boards shed light on the unique challenges faced by reviewers in low and middle-income countries like Pakistan.

Aasim Ahmad

Nazli Hossain

Muhammad Arshad

Faheem Khan

Ambreen Munir

Farkhanda Ghafoor

Qudsia Hassan

Marium Hassan

Munir Saleemi

Participant Reflections from CBEC's High School Practicum on Genetic Ethics

CBEC held a hybrid practicum for high school students titled “Ethics within the nucleus – exploring gene modification and its implications.” The faculty for the practicum included Dr. Natasha Anwar, Dr. Aamir Jafarey, Ms. Sualeha Shekhani and Mr. Farid bin Masood. We share perspectives of practicum students, who were based in Lahore, Karachi and Dubai, through these videos.

Zaid Ali Khan

Fatimah Bandeali

Zainab Husain

Myra Jafarey

Alumni Reflect on their Experiences with Bioethics

A few of our alumni from both PGD and Master’s programs share short video commentaries on their bioethics experience by answering these three questions:

1. Utilization in Professional Work?

Caroline Kithinji

Faisal Rashid Khan

Quratulain Omaeer

Elizabeth Anne Bukusi

Jamshed Akhtar

Mariam Hassan Chaudhry

2. Challenges Faced?

Caroline Kithinji

Faisal Rashid Khan

Quratulain Omaeer

Elizabeth Anne Bukusi

Jamshed Akhtar

Mariam Hassan Chaudhry

3. Future of Bioethics?

Caroline Kithinji

Faisal Rashid Khan

Quratulain Omaeer

Elizabeth Anne Bukusi

Jamshed Akhtar

Mariam Hassan Chaudhry

Two PGD Alumni Take Bioethics to Untapped Populations

Two alumni of the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) program engage in a discussion about their respective projects, which aimed to teach bioethics to previously untapped groups. One alumnus from Kenya focused on introducing bioethics to paralegals from vulnerable communities, while the other, hailing from Swabi, KPK, targeted undergraduate pharmacy students.

Melba Katindi

Amjad Mahboob

Bioethics Trainers Share their Experiences

In this series, three bioethics instructors share their experiences of teaching bioethics at three different institutions of Pakistan. They tell about the challenges, opportunities and their innovations applied in their pedagogical approach.

Saima Iqbal

Kulsoom Ghias

Fasiha Sohail