Workshop on Biobank Governance: An Asian Perspective

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Message from Centre for Medical Ethics and Law

Date: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Venue: Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre, 2/F, Room A2-08, William MW Mong Block, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, HK

Keynote Speaker:
Professor Bartha Maria Knoppers
Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine
Director of Centre of Genomics and Policy
McGill University, Canada

Guest Speakers:
Professor Tohru Masui, Professor, Center of Clinical Genetics, Keio University, Japan
Professor Chang Ly-yun, Former member of the steering committee on ELSI for National Research Programme for Genomic Medicine, Taiwan
Dr. Chih-hsing Ho, Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Dr. Calvin WL Ho, Assistant Professor, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Dr. Qian Wan, Director of Consortium Network and Director of E-BioBank in China National GeneBnak, China
Mr. Chan Tuck Wai, Senior Associate Director and Secretariat of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), National University of Singapore

About the Workshop:
How to govern biobanks has been the subject of much attention and debate in recent years. Since the completion of the draft of the human genome sequence in 2000, new discoveries in genomics have posed new challenges to existing regulatory and legal frameworks at both national and global levels. Genomics has laid the foundations for new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the treatment of human diseases. It has also introduced new possibilities for regenerative medicine and a new form of ethics in the development of bio-technoscience. This rapid scientific advancement is accompanied by important issues related to ethical, legal and social implications, such as harmonization and the sharing of data across national borders, ownership and proprietary rights surrounding the secondary use of data and samples, genetic discrimination and stigmatisation, informed consent, privacy and data protection. As a result, traditional legal and regulatory instruments may no longer be adequate for governing biobanks as genomic science moves forward. This workshop aims to provide a forum for experts from different disciplines (medicine, law, bioethics, and philosophy) and jurisdictions (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan) to exchange views and experience on biobank governance in order to further explore possible solutions for challenges of the governance of this newly emerging biotechnology. There will be a keynote address delivered by Professor Bartha Maria Knoppers, Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP), McGill University, as part of the programme.

For registration and programme details, please visit http://www.cmel.hku.hk/events-details/workshop-biobank-governance-asian-perspective

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Ms. Polly Yiu by email at cmel@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 1845

Public Seminars on Chinese Medicine Culture

Message from School of Chinese Medicine

Public Seminars on Chinese Medicine Culture 認識中醫文化系列講座

Seminar 1:

Topic: Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine – The Cultural Differences between the Two Medical Systems
Speaker: Dr. Li Lei, Assistant Professor, School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Date: May 20, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30pm~1:20pm
Venue: KB111, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong
Language: Putonghua

Details and registration (IN CHINESE ONLY)

為加強各界人士對中醫藥文化的認識,香港大學中醫藥學院將於5月20日至7月2日舉行「認識中醫文化系列講座」,合共七場。講者會從中國傳統文化的角度向大家介紹中國傳統醫藥的基礎理論和醫療特色。

第一場講座

題目:中醫與西醫 – 兩種醫學體系的文化差異
講者:香港大學中醫藥學院助理教授李磊博士

日期:2014年5月20日(星期二)
時間:12:30pm~1:20pm
地點:香港大學鈕魯詩樓111室 (KB111)
語言:普通話
對象:對中醫文化有興趣之人士
名額:60位 (敬備茶點)
參加方法:即場免費登記,先到先得
查詢電話: 5647 3428 (哲學博士生羅小姐)

內容簡介:中西醫學產生於不同的社會背景和文化土壤,代表著東西方兩種完全不同的醫學體系。現代西醫屬於自然科學的範疇,傳統中醫則是哲學化的醫學,屬於「國學」,具有哲學和自然科學的雙重特徵。因此,學習、研究和發展中醫必須要首先瞭解傳統中醫的學科性質,熟悉傳統中醫理論體系賴以建構的哲學基礎,才能對傳統中醫理論的實際內涵有著正確的把握。

第二場講座

題目為《醫學現象與哲學思維 – 傳統中醫的人文特徵》,將於2014年5月27日(星期二)舉行。有關其他講座詳情,請瀏覽學院網頁http://www.scm.hku.hk