Ge2p2 Global Foundation

THE FOUNDATION OPERATES THROUGH A PORTFOLIO OF CENTERS AND PROGRAMS TO FOCUS THE WORK AND ENGAGES THE COMPETENCIES, EXPERIENCE, AND INSIGHTS OF A GLOBAL NETWORK OF ELECTED "FELLOWS" OF THE FOUNDATION. FELLOWS WILL INCLUDE ACADEMIC, AGENCY AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS, FIELD PRACTITIONERS, SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS, ETHICISTS, DOMAIN AND CULTURAL CONTEXT EXPERTS, SCHOLARS IN THE SOCIAL AND BIO SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT EXPERTS, AND MANY OTHERS. DURING 2023, THE FOLLOWING CENTERS WERE ACTIVE: (1) CENTER FOR VACCINE ETHICS AND POLICY (CVEP), (2) CENTER FOR INFORMED CONSENT INTEGRITY (CICI), (3) CENTER FOR DISASTER AND HUMANITARIAN ETHICS (CDHE), AND (4) INDEPENDENT BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (IBAC). A NEW CENTER FOR GENOMIC MEDICINE ETHICS AND POLICY WAS INAUGURATED, BUT DOES NOT YET APPEAR ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE.(1) CVEP ENGAGES THE FULL LIFE-CYCLE OF ISSUES AROUND GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION AND VACCINES -- BUILDING AND REFINING ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS; ANALYZING AND COMMUNICATING ABOUT VACCINE EVIDENCE, ETHICS AND POLICY; INNOVATING NEW ANALYTICAL, VISUALIZATION AND DECISION APPROACHES AND CONVENING THE VACCINE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER EVIDENCE, ETHICS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. CVEP ALSO OFFERS A KNOWLEDGE-SHARING SERVICE THROUGH PUBLICATION OF VACCINES AND GLOBAL HEALTH: THE WEEK IN REVIEW. THIS COMPREHENSIVE WEEKLY DIGEST AGGREGATES NEWS, EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND RESEARCH IN THE GLOBAL VACCINE ETHICS AND POLICY SPACE.(2) CICI ADDRESSES INFORMED CONSENT BROADLY AND HOLDS THAT "CONSENT" GROUNDED IN OPEN, EVIDENCE-BASED, ACCESSIBLE, UNDERSTANDABLE AND MATERIALLY-COMPLETE INFORMATION IS THE BULWARK OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE. THE CENTER WILL FOCUS ON CONSENT IN RESEARCH CONTEXTS ACROSS ALL THE FOUNDATION'S ACTION SECTORS INCLUDING HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE, EDUCATION AND LITERACY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND HERITAGE STEWARDSHIP. THIS WORK INCLUDES PRODUCING KNOWLEDGE SHARING SERVICES INFORMED CONSENT: A MONTHLY REVIEW (IC) WHICH AGGREGATES AND DISTILLS KEY LITERATURE AND ANALYSIS AROUND IC INCLUDING GOVERNANCE, ETHICS REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT, CONTENT APPROACHES, TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES/PERFORMANCE METRICS.(3) CDHE FOCUSES ON ETHICS, EVIDENCE GENERATION, AND POLICY INVOLVING HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO THE FULL RANGE OF NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS AND COMPLEX EMERGENCIES.(4) IBAC PROVIDES RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS ON ISSUES WHICH MAY ARISE ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE OF RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE GENERATION, INCLUDING HOW IT INFORMS OPERATIONAL INTEGRITY IN GOVERNANCE, POLICY AND PROGRAM ACTIVITY.(5) A BEW CENTER THE CENTER FOR GENOMIC MEDICINE GOVERNANCE, ETHICS & POLICY WAS INAUGURATED DURING 2023. THIS CENTER FOCUSES ON THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING FIELD WHICH INTEGRATES PRECISION MEDICINE, OMICS, GENETIC TESTING, GENE THERAPIES AND SUPPORTING FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING AI, MACHINE LEARNING [ML] AND OTHERS. THE CENTER WILL EXAMINE THE IMPORTANT ECOLOGY COMPRISING GOVERNANCE, ETHICS AND POLICY, AND LESS ABOUT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES [CRISPR ADVANCES, FOR EXAMPLE].