GFBR 8th Forum
Fostering Research Ethics Infrastructure in the
Developing World and Transition Societies
1st Day, 27 June 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania
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OPENING CEREMONY
Representatives from Vilnius University Medical Faculty and Union Graduate College (as host institutions), other Lithuanian institutions and agencies, and COHRED (on behalf of the GFBR-Partners), welcomed participants and formally opened GFBR 8
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Eugenijus Gefenas and Indra Giraite from the Medical Faculty of Vilnius University |
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Robert Baker and Martin Strosberg from the Union Graduate College |
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Lithuanian representatives: Juozas Vidmantis Vaitkus (Vilnius University), Romalda Baranauskiene (Ministry of Health), and Antanas Matulas (Parliament) |
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Eugenijus Gefenas and Indra Giraite from the Medical Faculty of Vilnius University |
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Antanas Matulas (on behalf of the Lithuanian Parliament) affirmed that bioethics is important in safeguarding the interests of human participants in research and promoting the practical application of new health care techniques |
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