HIV research: enhancing engagement to improve ethics

HIV, research, ethics and women.

HIV prevention research ethics: an introduction to the special issue.

This special issue of the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics represents a sampling of projects fostered through the NIDA-funded Fordham University HIV Prevention Research Ethics Institute. The first three articles employ processes of co-learning to give voice to the experiences of individuals recovering from substance abuse and engaged in sex work who have participated in HI...

Ethics of HIV research in children.

In their Personal View, Seema Shah and colleagues1 addressed ethical issues to be considered in paediatric HIV cure research.1 The recent rebound of HIV RNA in the so-called Mississippi baby dispelled hopes of a cure, and cautions against use of the term cure.2 In a subsequent Correspondence,3 the same investigators accepted the limits of our knowledge and the complexity of the scientific quest...

The HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute: Training Early-Career Scientists to Conduct Research on Research Ethics.

The responsible conduct of HIV/drug abuse prevention research requires investigators with both the knowledge of and ability to generate empirical data that can enhance global ethical practices and policies. This article describes a multidisciplinary program offering early-career professionals a 2-year intensive summer curriculum along with funding to conduct a mentored research study on a wide ...

Emotional engagement in professional ethics.

Recent results from two different studies show evidence of strong emotional engagement in moral dilemmas that require personal involvement or ethical problems that involve significant inter-personal issues. This empirical evidence for a connection between emotional engagement and moral or ethical choices is interesting because it is related to a fundamental survival mechanism rooted in human ev...

Research on HIV cure: Mapping the ethics landscape

In an essay, Karine Dubé and coauthors discuss the ethics of preclinical and clinical studies relevant to achieving an HIV cure.