Kelly Lectures Series Examines Challenges of Western Medical Research in Non-Western Contexts

The challenges of industrialized Western world medical research in non-Western contexts will be examined in the latest installment of the David F. Kelly Bioethics Lectures program, sponsored by the Center for Healthcare Ethics, in cooperation with the Center for African Studies.

Western Medical Research in Non-Western Contexts: Questions, Imperatives and Challenges, presented by speaker Dr. Godfrey B. Tangwa, will be held on Thursday, April 16, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Africa Room of the Union. A reception will immediately follow the lecture.

Tangwa, founder and chairperson of the Cameroon Bioethics Initiative (CAMBIN), will draw illustrations from the HIV/AIDS and Ebola virus epidemics in Africa, and discuss some of the ethical imperatives, questions and challenges of industrialized Western world medical research in non-Western contexts, notably sub-Saharan Africa. Tangwa also is a recently retired professor and former head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Yaounde I Cameroon.

The David F. Kelly Bioethics Lectures program draws nationally and internationally prominent scholars to Duquesne each semester to discuss current and emerging topics in bioethics. The series was established to provide ethics leadership on the crucial issues in health care today.

Western Medical Research in Non-Western Contexts is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Glory Smith at 412.396.4504 or visit the center’s website.