Symposium: Research Contributing to Health and Welfare Fostered by Ethical Conduct

Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 13:00 to 15:30

OIST Auditorium

Open Symposium

“Research Contributing to Health and Welfare Fostered by Ethical Conduct”

8 March, 2014

1. As the media covers many research misconduct cases such as fabricated research papers and misappropriated research funding these days, the society has been increasingly concerned about research ethics. Responding to this situation, the Japanese national government and major research funding agencies have begun to put an emphasis on raising the ethical awareness among researchers, and, for some research grants, they are now seeking a way to mandate grant applicants to complete a training session on the code of conduct for researchers.
The symposium will be a good opportunity for you to gain knowledge of the global trend of researcher ethics, e-learning training materials for code of conduct for researchers developed by a project in which OIST is involved, and a cutting-edge research project conducted by high ethical standards.
In addition, the presentation of the cutting-edge research will be arranged to be easily understood by the audiences of the general public. We would be very happy if you could bring your family members and friends and have a good time at OIST.

2. Date & Time: Saturday, March 8, 2014, 1pm - 3:30pm

3. Place: Auditorium, OIST

4. Program:

1pm-1:05pm	Welcome and Introduction, Jonathan Dorfan President, OIST
1:05pm-1:10pm	Opening Remarks, Yoshimitsu Fukushima Dean, Shinshu University School of Medicine, and Project Leader of CITI Japan Project
1:10pm-1:15pm	Greetings, To be announced (an offer has been made to Director-General, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT))
*1:15pm-1:35pm	Dr. Melody H. Lin Deputy Director, Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “Research contribution to health & welfare fostered by ethical conduct”
*1:35pm-1:55pm	Dr. Iekuni Ichikawa Professor, Shinshu University, and Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine “CITI Project, a collaborative inititative aiming to provide global educational materials on research ethics”
1:55pm - 2:10pm	Break
*2:10pm-2:35pm	Dr. Gail Tripp Professor, OIST “Understanding and Managing ADHD: The contribution of research”
*2:35pm-3:00pm	Dr. Shogo Ishiuchi Vice Dean of the University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, and Professor and Chairman of Department of Neurosurgery, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine “Neurological Surgery based on Brain Science”
*3:00pm-3:25pm	Dr. Haruhisa Inoue Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University “Research for nerve intractable diseases using iPS cells”
3:25pm-3:30pm	Questions and Answers　 (Provide simultaneous interpretation during the session)