BROCHER FOUNDATION PROGRAM 2018 SUMMARY THE BROCHER FOUNDATION 6 BOARD 8 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 9 TEAM 11 FEBRUARY 14 MARCH 15 APRIL 17 JULY 19 AUGUST 20 SEPTEMBER 22 OCTOBER 23 NOVEMBER 24 DECEMBER 26 THE BROCHER FOUNDATION This non-profit foundation was created under Swiss private law by Mr and Mrs Jacques and Lucette Brocher. Its purpose, since the demise of its founders, is to host scientists and experts in the ethical, legal and social implications of the development of medical research and biotechnologies in the Hermance domain. The Foundation encourages multidisciplinary research around this new field of research strongly linked to society by involving law, anthropology, history, bioethics, philosophy … Its Board relies on a Scientific Committee composed of international experts. Since its launching in 2006, the Brocher Foundation has backed the publication of hundreds of books and articles which are the fruits of the scientific stays and events. Key figures 50 Visiting Researchers per year +150 Books and scientific papers published annually ORGANIZATION +800 International leading +30 Partner worldwide experts each year for universities and international scientific events organizations ~300 applications to the annual 16 Swiss and international calls for proposals experts in our multidisciplinary scientific committee ~500 Alumni 4 BOARD SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE YVES FLÜCKIGER JEAN-DOMINIQUE VASSALLI President President Rector of the University of Geneva Former Rector of the University of Geneva DAVID HILER MARIE-JOSÉ SIMOEN Former Geneva’s Finance minister Vice-president of the scientific committee Administrator at the College of Belgium NOURIA HERNANDEZ BERNARD BAERTSCHI Rector of the University of Lausanne Professor, Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Geneva ISABELLE MONCADA LAZARE BENAROYO Journalist and Producer Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine and president of the Platform ETHOS PATRICK ODIER OLAF BLANKE Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd. Director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) DORIS SCHOPPER JOAN COSTA FONT Professor at the medical faculty of the University of Geneva and Associate Professor of Political Economy at the London School of director of CERAH Economics & Political Science (LSE) JEAN-DOMINIQUE VASSALLI PHILIPPE DUCOR Former Rector of the University of Geneva Professor at the University of Geneva Law School. Director of the Master program in life science law MARTIN VETTERLI ANTOINE FLAHAULT President of the Swiss Federal Institut of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) Director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva 6 7 TEAM NOUZHA GUESSOUS CÉCILE CALDWELL Former President of the International Bioethics Committee (UNESCO) Director TORSTEN HEINEMANN ANYCK GÉRARD Professor in Sociology at the University of Hamburg Executive assistant BARTHA MARIA KNOPPERS MARIE GROSCLAUDE Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University Events Manager FLORENCIA LUNA ELLIOT GUY Director of the Program of bioethics at FLACSO (Latin American Scientific & Communication officer University of Social Sciences) ALEX MAURON PHILIPPE PELLET Professor at the University of Geneva, Member of The Swiss Science Facility Manager and Technology Council (SSTC) GENEVIÈVE SCHAMPS ROLAND PELLET Professor at the University of Louvain UCL, Director of the Medical and Gardener Biomedical Center MICHAEL SELGELID SABINE TURPIN Director of the Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics Housekeeper JOHANN RODUIT Managing Director, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, Zürich 8 9 BROCHER AGENDA FEBRUARY ALUNNI LORENZO SHEARD LAURA Post-doc Researcher - Independent researcher - Italy - Anthropology Senior Research Fellow - Bradford Institute for Health Research, United When Illness Disrupts Adoption: Lessons from Italian Cases. Kingdom - Sociology How can improvements to patient safety and experience be delivered at the level of the organisation? A sociological analysis COLEMAN NIKKI WINTERS JANELLE PhD Student - University of New South Wales - Australia - Medical ethics PhD Fellow - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - History of Medicine The use of genomics in bio-weapons Ethical dimensions of drug trials and distribution for onchocerciasis GILLESPIE JAMES Associate Professor in Health Policy - Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney - Australia - Political Science MARCH Beyond Health Security MAK JOELLE ABOUDE LOUIS SERGE Research Fellow - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Doctorant - Université de Lausanne, Switzerland - Psychology United Kingdom - Sociology Traumatisme et Déperditions scolaires : Une approche clinique de l’impact Nepali men’s labour migration experiences - a mixed methods study du traumatisme sur des enfants scolarisés victimes d’abus sexuels. KORFAGE IDA BARNARD EMMA Assistant professor - Erasmus MC, Dept of Public Health - Netherlands PhD Candidate/Academic Associate - The University of Melbourne, Australia Epidemiology - Sociology Bridging The Insider-outsider Gap In Health Assessment The social and ethical dimensions of FGCS in girls and young women MCLEOD CARMEN CARR JENNIFER Postdoctoral Research Fellow -University of Nottingham PhD Student - University of Glasgow, United Kingdom - History of Medicine United Kingdom - Anthropology The medical history of the refugee camp Faecal Microbiota Transplantation: Perspectives from the Laboratory, the Clinic, and the Community MMEJE OKEOMA GILLESPIE JAMES Assistant Professor - University of Michigan - United States - Medicine Associate Professor in Health Policy - Menzies Centre for Health The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Reproduction in HIV-Affected Policy, University of Sydney, Australia - Political Science Couples: Who Decides Who Should be Assisted in Having Children? Beyond Health Security ONI-ORISAN ADEOLA JOELLE MAK PhD Candidate - University of California - United States - Anthropology Research Fellow - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , United To Be Delivered: Pregnant and Born-Again in Southwest Nigeria Kingdom - Sociology Nepali men’s labour migration experiences - a mixed methods study 12 13 APRIL MCLEOD CARMEN ABOUDE LOUIS SERGE Postdoctoral Research Fellow -University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Doctorant - université de Lausanne, Switzerland - Psychology - Anthropology Traumatisme et Déperditions scolaires : Une approche clinique de l’impact Faecal Microbiota Transplantation: Perspectives from the Laboratory, the du traumatisme sur des enfants scolarisés victimes d’abus sexuels. Clinic, and the Community O’LEARY DIANE BARNARD EMMA Visiting Researcher - Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, PhD Candidate/Academic Associate - The University of Melbourne, Australia United States - Bioethics - Medical ethics - Sociology Ethical and Philosophical Parameters for Management The social and ethical dimensions of FGCS in girls and young women of Medically Unexplained Symptoms ONI-ORISAN ADEOLA CARR JENNIFER PhD Candidate - University of California, United States - Anthropology PhD Student - University of Glasgow, United Kingdom - History of Medicine To Be Delivered: Pregnant and Born-Again in Southwest Nigeria The medical history of the refugee camp PERERA ISABEL CHEAH PHAIK YEONG PhD Candidate - University of Pennsylvania - United States Head, Bioethics & Engagement - Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Re- Political Science search Unit, Thailand - Bioethics / Medical ethics The comparative political development of mental health policystudy Why public and community engagement is essential in global health RODUIT JOHANN CARTER STACY PhD / Managing Director - Center for Medical Humanities & Institute of Associate Professor and Deputy Director - The University of Sydney, Biomedical Ethics, Zürich, Switzerland - Bioethics - Medical ethics Australia - Bioethics / Medical ethics Eloge de la Fragilité à l’ère de l’Homme augmenté Conceptual and Ethical Challenges of Overdiagnosis SOI CAROLINE HOFMANN BJØRN PhD candidate - University of Washington, Kenya - Medicine Professor - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway - FHPV vaccine introduction in Mozambique Philosophy Conceptual and Ethical Challenges of Overdiagnosis STRAEHLE CHRISTINE REID LYNETTE Full professor - University of Groningen, Netherlands - Philosophy Associate Professor - Dalhousie University, Canada - Bioethics / Medical Vulnerability, Migration and Access to Health ethics Conceptual and Ethical Challenges of Overdiagnosis WINTERS JANELLE ROGERS WENDY PhD Fellow - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - History of Medicine Professor of Clinical Ethics - Macquarie University, Australia - Bioethics / Ethical dimensions of drug trials and distribution for onchocerciasis Medical ethics Conceptual and Ethical Challenges of Overdiagnosis 14 15 JULY O’LEARY DIANE CALVERT JANE Visiting Researcher - Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Dr, Reader - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Science and tech- United States - Bioethics - Medical ethics nology studies Ethical and Philosophical Parameters for Management of Medically Synthetic Biology: Designs on Life Unexplained Symptoms RODUIT JOHANN FROW EMMA PhD / Managing Director - Center for Medical Humanities & Institute of Assistant Professor - Arizona State University, United States - Science and Biomedical Ethics, Zürich, Switzerland - Bioethics - Medical ethics technology studies Eloge de la Fragilité à