Miguela Caniza, MD, MPH | Source | Director, Infectious Diseases Program, St. Jude Global at St. Jude Children'...
Miguela Caniza, MD, MPH
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The absence of such RECs either restricts or prevents just the collaborative research needed to help improve medical care in countries with limited resources. Existing hospital ethics committees usually can offer only general ethical oversight of difficult cases in patient management in the hospital and do not have the expertise needed to take on the ethical requirements required by collaborative research sponsored by high-income countries.
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St. Jude, El Salvador create research ethics committee
The establishment of research ethics committees (REC) in El Salvador will enhance the ability of that country to undertake clinical trials aimed at improving cure rates of pediatric catastrophic diseases, according to investigators from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital who helped to establish the committees.
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Director, Infectious Diseases Program, St. Jude Global