Dr. Renata Veselska, Masaryk University, Brno, Cz., (CEE Advanced Certificate Alum), presents "Genetic Testing: Salvation or Damnation" at the 13th Forum of National Ethics Councils, Prague, June 4, 2009.

Robert Baker co-edits The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics. Click for more information.

Fellows Signe Mezinska and Vents Silis presented a poster at the International Conference on Human Rights and Biomedicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, December 10-12, 2008. The title of their presentation was “Research Ethics Committees in Latvia: Problems and Perspectives.” Click for more information.

National Institutes of Health - Fogarty International Center announces renewal of funding for CEE Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics, September 26, 2008.

CEE Advanced Certificate Program holds Practicum/Capstone in Vilnius, August 9-16, 2008. Click to see photos.

CEE Advanced Certificate alumni Marek Czarkowski and Joanna Rozynska write book on informed consent for medical research. The book was published by the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists in 2008 and was part of the their practicum project.

Advanced Certificate Fellows and Alumni present papers at the European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Tartu, Estonia, August 20-23, 2008. Click for more information.

Renata Veselska is the first alum of the Advanced Certificate Program to receive MS in Bioethics from Union Graduate College-Mount Sinai School of Medicine on June 14, 2008. Click for more information.

Prof. Olga Kubar, CEE Advanced Certificate faculty member, is Editor-in-chief and Project Director of book, Ethical Review of Biomedical Research in the CIS Countries (Social and Cultural Aspects). Fellows T. Kurtanidze and A. Nikitina and former students G. Aslanyan and A. Chaschin write chapters. Click for more information.

Vilnius University hosts Eighth Forum on Bioethics in Research, June 27-29, 2007. Click here for proceedings.

Advanced Certificate in Research Ethics “Second Cohort” Fellows meet in Vilnius (June 23-29, 2007). Click Here>

Polish Board of Physicians and Dentists establishes a National Center of Bioethics .

Union Graduate College announces its affiliation with Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York City) to form the Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College-Mount Sinai School of Medicine (www.bioethics.union.edu).

The Bioethics Program is partnering with Vilnius University in sponsorship of the Advanced Certificate in Research Ethics: Central and Eastern Europe.

Advanced Certificate Fellows complete Capstone Course in Vilnius, October 20, 2006 Click Here>