HPTN Ethics Working Group
Overview
The Ethics Core Working Group (EWG) is a resource for the HPTN regarding the ethical aspects of research. The EWG engages representatives from diverse fields, areas of expertise, and geographic regions. These representatives include ethicists, social scientists, HPTN investigators, community working group members, and other Network members as well as experts in conducting research with vulnerable women, adolescents, sex workers, and drug user populations
Specific Aims
- To provide ethics review of concepts and protocols in development
- To provide expertise and technical assistance to the HPTN in implementing components of the Ethics Guidance for Research, including, for example, research ethics training and capacity building (for research teams, sites, and community groups) and improving the informed consent process
- To be available to rigorously evaluate these efforts, working with the Behavioral and Social Sciences Working Group as appropriate, including descriptive data collection and ethics effectiveness assessments
- To serve as a resource for information and material that facilitates ethical research practices, which may include serving as a liaison with other entities/networks conducting HIV prevention research
Ethics Working Group Contacts
Jeremy Sugarman,
Chair,
Johns Hopkins
University, Berman Institute of Bioethics and Department of Medicine
LaShawn Jones, Family Health International
