#GFBR starts tomorrow! 94 colleagues from 38 countries meeting in Kuala Lumpur to discuss #ethical issues arising in #research into #health and #climatechange. Meeting background paper: We’ll be posting updates at

See the call for applications for additional questions that you could address in your case study: Or you can address your own questions related to the topic. Cases should ideally focus on the low- and middle-income country context.

🔹Are the criteria & procedures for research ethics oversight adequate to the complex ethical challenges of research on climate & health?. 🔹Do we need any new ethical guidance for this research? What can we learn from the UNESCO & COMEST climate change principles in this regard?.

🔹What obligations do researchers have to research participants exposed to dangerous climate risks?. 🔹How can we incorporate the value of non-human individuals, species, systems & ecosystems into a plausible account of the social value of research in climate change & health?.

🔹How can the research agenda in health & climate change meaningfully address the needs and interests of those most vulnerable to its impacts?. 🔹How can research be responsive to the worldviews, needs, & interests of Indigenous Peoples and local communities?.

#GFBR invites case studies from a variety of perspectives & contexts on the #ethics of #research on the direct or indirect #health impacts of #climatechange. The Forum background paper describes the topic scope: Key questions for case studies follow 👇.

📢 Applications now OPEN for #GFBR on the topic 'ethical issues arising in #research into #health and #climatechange'. 🌎🩺Deadline: 6 May 2024. Meeting in November 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More info here: #researchethics #bioethics #healthresearch.

As this year's #GFBR comes to an end, we’re excited to announce next year's topic: ‘#Ethical issues arising in research into #health and #climatechange’ (working title). We expect to launch the call for case studies and participants around April 2024. Looking forward!.

Thank you to all the speakers and participants at #GFBR. It was a wonderful two days and a privilege to spend time with you all. Many congratulations to the winners of the best presentation awards: Joseph Oraño @AIHO_PH (best main presentation) & @Sualeha2 (best Pecha Kucha) 🏆.

Next #GFBR session chaired by @anetrid on power differentials in #researchprioritysetting. What principles should govern collaborations between research groups in HIC & LMIC settings? Case study presenters David Wanjeri (Kenya), Starlin Mythri (India) & John Barugahare (Uganda).

Day 2 at #GFBR: Starting with a re-cap of day 1 by @Anagpalmero and Francis Kombe. Followed by a Pecha Kucha session of short talks by colleagues from India, Kenya, Switzerland, Honduras, Mexico and Malaysia. Great start to the day!.

Next up at #GFBR: Funder panel chaired by Ludovic Reveiz. @CKrubiner @wellcometrust, Michael Makanga @EDCTP3, Mongezi Mdhluli @MRCza & Barbara Sina @Fogarty_NIH talk about how & when research prioritization takes place at their organisations, who is involved & the criteria used.

Both cases have an underlying theme around leadership, namely who should lead research priority setting processes involving marginalised voices?And can the process be more than a participatory exercise & be used as an opportunity to give value back to the community & individuals?.

@totogronlund @LindAlliance Speaker Zelalem Mengistu describes the time & commitment needed to achieve tractable engagement. @jainvincible reports on the difficulty of achieving consensus when the views of marginalised voices are very different from other stakeholders, such as healthcare professionals.

Marginalised voices often don’t have a presence & influence in research prioritisation. @totogronlund & Bridget Pratt co-chair #GFBR session involving case studies from Ethiopia & India that used and adapted the @LindAlliance approach to engage marginalised voices.

Great Pecha Kucha session at #GFBR – 5 minute, lively snapshots on the #ethics of health #researchprioritysetting with perspectives from Kenya, Tanzania, Philippines, Belgium, Pakistan, Ecuador and Ghana.

Excellent keynote from Joseph Millum giving an overview of the methods and deep ethical challenges of health #researchprioritysetting. Deciding how to allocate a scarce & valuable resource and who should benefit is an ethical question.

#GFBR starts today! 93 colleagues from 43 countries meeting in beautiful Montreux, Switzerland to discuss the #ethics of #researchprioritysetting. Interested? See the meeting background paper for an overview of the topic:

⏰Deadline 15 May! Submit a case study to share your perspective on the #ethics of #prioritysetting for #healthresearch - how, by whom and why is funding allocated and who should be involved? .Or apply as a participant. Places awarded on a competitive basis.

#GFBR case studies could address (part 2):.🔹methods to incentivize research on neglected diseases.🔹novel grants mechanisms that address shortcomings of traditional models.🔹trade-offs between allocating resources to implementation vs. research.