AEWG Empirical Research Projects

Members of the African Ethics Working Group are conducting empirical research projects on the ground, the topics and lead authors are:

Exploring views of lay members and providers on biobanking and use of stored biological materials in western Kenya: giving feedback and benefit sharing – Violet Naanyu

Exploring views of lay members and providers on biobanking and use of stored biological materials in western Kenya: beliefs and fears of use and storage of biological materials – Eunice Kamaara

Application of the Rapid Ethical Assessment (REA) in the NGap – Ethiopia – Adamu Addissie

Exploring the cultural perceptions of obtaining saliva from research participants in genetics research of severe mental illness – Janet Nakigudde

Participants’ Experiences of UBACC in Supporting their Decisions to Consent to Participate in NeuroPsychairtic Genomics Research in Western Kenya – Eunice Kaamra

AEWG Empirical Research Projects

jantina.devries@uct.ac.za

Associate Professor in Bioethics, University of Cape Town, South Africa

AEWG Empirical Research Projects

Senior Researcher & Director of NeuroGenE Research Strategy, University of Oxford

camillia.kong@psych.ox.ac.uk

AEWG Empirical Research Projects

dkamuya@kemri-wellcome.org

Wellcome Trust Society & Ethics Fellow, KEMRI, Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya

Violet presenting on reflections from past involvement