BBS NEWS


Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 2013; 4(3):34 
 

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Course on Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research, Department of Bioethics, NIH, USA  

Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS) has conducted the three months bioethics course on Ethical and 

Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research in collaboration with Department of Bioethics, NIH, USA. This 

course was designed to provide an overview of the important issues in the ethics of human subject research 

for clinical investigators and others who participate in the conduct of research. Five members of BBS 

participated in this course and successfully completed the course with credits. Following are the intellectual 

of NIH. 

Dr. Abu Sadat Mohammad Nurunnabi, Assistant Professor and Head, Mendi Dental College, Dhaka. 
 
Dr Md. Haider Ali Khan, Asstt. Professor of Dental Public Health, Dhaka Dental College 
 
Jyotirmoy Sarker, Lecturer of Pharmacy, South-East University, Dhaka 
 
Dr. Mohammad Rashedul Islam, Assistant Director (Research & Training Monitoring Department) 
Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS), Dhaka 
 
Dr. Shahanaz Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of Community Medicine, Bangladesh University of Health 
Sciences (BUHS), Dhaka  
 
 
 
Members of BBS in Conferences in India 

 
A team of three members from BBS have attended the 14

th 
Asian Bioethics Conference concurrent with 

Ethics in Emerging Technologies to Make Lives Better together from 19-23, November 2013 in Chennai, 

India. They contributed with their scholarly written paper presentation in the conference and enhance the 

prestige of BBS. In addition, Shamima Parvin Lasker,  Professor  & Head of Anatomy, City Dental College, 

Dhaka , Bangladesh; General Secretary, Bangladesh Bioethics Society; Vice President for South Asia, 

Asian Bioethics Association chaired a session. Following papers had been read during conference.  

 

Research Scandals and Need of Universal Bioethics. Shamima Parvin Lasker Professor  & Head of 

Anatomy, City Dental College, Dhaka , Bangladesh; General Secretary, Bangladesh Bioethics Society; Vice 

President for South Asia, Asian Bioethics Association.  

 

Study of Ethical Issues Practiced with Patients in the Department of Surgery. Md Borhan Uddin, Prof of 

Pharmacology, Ibn Sina Medical College, Bangladesh; Member, Bangladesh Bioethics Society.  

 

Ethical Perspectives on the Legal Dimensions of Palliative Care in Bangladesh  

Md. Jobair Alam, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka; Member, Bangladesh Bioethics Society. 

 

Challenges of Palliative Care, Shamima Parvin Lasker , Professor and Head of Anatomy, City Dental 

College, Bangladesh; General Secretary, Bangladesh Bioethics Society & Vice President (South Asia), 

Asian Bioethics Association.