Dear all!
I would like to draw your attention to the next meeting of the RSS
Highlands Local Group next Wednesday in Aberdeen.
As you see from the title and abstract this talk will be of interest not
only to statisticians but also others involved with ethics committees,
so please pass this on to anybody who might be interested.
Best Wishes
Claus
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TITLE: 'Roles for statistics and statisticians in Ethics Committees'
SPEAKER: Jane Hutton (Warwick University)
DATE: WEDNESDAY 19/04/2006
TIME: 1 pm (Sandwich lunch from 12:30)
VENUE: Med Chi Hall (Medico-Chirurgical Hall), Ground Floor, Polwarth
Building
(see hospital page
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/vcampus/foresterhill/index.shtml hospital
with medical school marked as A and the medical school page
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/vcampus/foresterhill/medschool.shtml
with Med Chi Hall marked as D. It is usually accessed via C or E as
described below:
If entering the Polwarth Building from the west, follow the main
corridor east past the medical library, through one set of double doors
and take the stairs to your left down one flight. The Med Chi Hall is
through a single wooden door at the bottom of the stairs. The lecture
room itself is to the left.
If entering the Polwarth Building from the east through the main
entrance, go through the foyer past the main stairs on the left and
through an open set of double doors. Turn left signposted to Medical
Microbiology. Follow this corridor to its end where there will be a
single wooden door to the Med Chi Hall. The lecture room itself is to
the left.)
ABSTRACT:
The need to consider whether the ethical legitimacy of a proposed
medical experiment was recognised in the nineteenth century. The
Nuremberg Code (1948) provides a clear framework within which to evalute
ethics of human experiments. Most of the ten points require an
understanding of risk and variation. This led to discussion of the
relation between scientific quality and ethics, and some research ethics
committees are now required to have a statistician as a member. More
recently, the use of animals in experiments has been debated.
This talk will summarise current practice for human medical research
and developing practice for animal research.
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Dr Claus-D. Mayer | http://www.bioss.ac.uk
Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland | email: [log in to unmask]
Rowett Research Institute | Telephone: +44 (0) 1224 716652
Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK. | Fax: +44 (0) 1224 715349
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