Admission Requirements

Prospective Candidates must:• haveanMBChBdegreeorabasicdegreeinhealthsciences/scienceorlaw

• haveaMastersdegreeinBioethicsorcognatedisciplineatNQFlevel9

• havequalitativeresearchexperience• beabletoassumeorresumeleadershiprolesontheirreturntotheirinstitutions/countries

• beabletotrainyoungerlessexperiencedRECmembersattheirinstitutions

Application Process

Prospective applicants must1. submitaletterofapplicationincludingabriefsummaryof

thetrainee’sreasonsforseekingentrytotheprogrammeincludingthefollowing:

• Descriptionof experienceand interests compatiblewiththeprogramme,

• Descriptionofresearchethicsactivities,suchasteachingormembershiponaResearchEthicsCommittee

• Anticipatedways inwhich the applicant intends to usetheskillsandexpertisegainedbythisdoctoralcourse;

2. submitawrittenstatementthattheycompletedtheapplication,includingtheletterofapplication,ontheirownandwithouttheassistanceofothers.

3. submit a letter of support from their home institutiondemonstratingthattheirinstitutionpermitsthemtofollowtheARESALeadershipProgram

4. explainwhythebioethicscapacitybuildingoftheapplicantisimportanttothehomeinstitution

5. becomputerliterate,fluentinspokenandwrittenEnglishandhaveinternetaccessatthehomeinstitution

6. submit a formal University of Stellenbosch ApplicationForm;

7. submitaCurriculumVitae;8. submitofficial transcriptsofallacademicworkatapost-secondarylevel,signedbyanotaryorinstitutionalofficial.

9. submittwolettersofrecommendationcertifyingapplicant’sacademicqualificationsandsuitabilityfortheprogram;

10.submitanameofaqualifiedpersonwhowouldbewillingtoserveasthehomeinstitutionmentor(ifsuchapersoncan now be identified), together with a letter from theproposedmentorconfirmingawillingnesstoactasmentorfortheapplicant’sresearch(ifnosuchindividualcannowbe identified, other arrangements will be made uponadmission);and

11.submit a letter from applicant’s Dean or line managercertifyingthattheapplicantwillbegrantedleavetoattend

all course activities without interruption or distraction,for preparation of course work, for completion of theresearchathis/herhomeinstitution,andacommitmentbythe institution to assist to develop the applicant’s careerinbioethicsandresearchethics. Applicantswholiveandwork in theCapeTownareamust, inparticular,obtainafirm commitment from their Dean or line manager thatthe applicant will have no responsibilities or duties thatinterfere with or require absence from attendance orpreparationduring the training sessions at the TygerbergCampus,StellenboschUniversity.

12.submitadeclarationthattheapplicantisnotregisteredforanotherdegree.

Preference will be given to• members of research ethics committees and regulatoryagencies,aswellasacademics

• maturemidcareerprofessionalswhohaveresearchethics/bioethicsexperience.

Wewillselect1candidatefromSouthAfricaand2candidatesfromotherSouthernAfricancountries

Financial Assistance

The 3 applicants that will be initially selected will receivescholarshipstocoverthefollowing:

1. Tuition&trainingfeesforYear1ofthePhDprogram.2. Asubsistenceallowanceperacademicvisit3. For candidates living outside the greater Cape Town

metropolitanarea:a. AccommodationduringtheacademicvisitstoCapeTownb. Travel expenses (at the equivalent of economy return

air fare) from their home institutions to Cape Town forattendanceofacademicsessions

Deadline for applications for 2017 academic year: 14 July 2017

For application forms, see the ARESA Bioethics Leadership Program tab on the CMEL website: www.sun.ac.za/cmel

Please send completed applications to:KelseyFebruaryARESABioethicsLeadershipProgram:AdministrativeAssistantE-mail:kelseyf@sun.ac.zaTel:(021)9389921

ARESAADVANCINGRESEARCHETHICSTRAININGINSOUTHERNAFRICA

BIOETHICS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

StellenboschUniversitySouthAfrica

lable elsewhere; to receive feedbackandguidance in regardto their research projects. Arrangements for face-to-facemeetings with UNC faculty for advice and guidancewill bearranged throughout the visit. TheOdum Institute is aUNCorganization dedicated to skills-building in social science.Trainees would have the opportunity to take short coursesin research methods, on topics such as qualitative analysisor working with focus groups. Trainees could also attendthe monthly Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds, where local andnational experts facilitatediscussionsof ethical issues in theclinic(includingclinicalresearch)amongbioethicists,medicalstudentsandclinicalstaff.

Faculty

Expert faculty for the ARESA leadership program and thePhD (Clinical&ResearchEthics)hail from theUniversitiesofStellenbosch, North Carolina, Western Cape, Pretoria, Kwa-Zulu-NatalandNairobi.

Prof Keymanthri Moodley (Head of the Centre for MedicalEthics & Law, Stellenbosch University) is the PrincipalInvestigator. The Co-Principal Investigator is Prof StuartRennie (Center for Bioethics, University of North Carolina).Other faculty include: Prof Anton Van Niekerk (Centre forApplied Ethics, Stellenbosch University), Prof Walter Jaoko(UniversityofNairobi),ProfJeromeSingh(CAPRISA,Universityof Kwazulu-Natal), Prof Eric Juengst (Center for Bioethics,UNC), Dr Mershen Pillay (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal), A/Prof Theresa Rossouw (University of Pretoria), Prof RebeccaWalker (Department of Social Medicine, UNC), Prof ArleneDavis(CenterforBioethics,UNC),ProfAnnieLyerly(CenterforBioethics,UNC),ProfJillFisher(DepartmentofSocialMedicine,UNC),ProfDouglasMacKay(DepartmentofPublicPolicy,UNC),Prof.JeanCadigan(DepartmentofSocialMedicine,UNC),ProfMara Buchbinder (Department of SocialMedicine, UNC), DrMichael Pather (StellenboschUniversity) and Prof SusanVanSchalkwyk(StellenboschUniversity)

Training Advisory Committee

Dr Jyothi Chabilall (Stellenbosch University), Prof NeilMyburgh (University of Western Cape), Emeritus Prof SueNaidoo(UniversityoftheWesternCape),ProfLesleyBurgess(TREAD Research, Tygerberg Hospital), Prof Gail Henderson(DepartmentofSocialMedicine,UNC),ProfSuzanneMaman(Center forBioethics,UNC)andProfDanielNelson (Director:OfficeofHumanResearchEthics,UNC).

4. IfdoingaPhDbypublication,presentingaplanofhowtheywill produce 4 published articles in peer reviewedjournals over the next 3 years. Two articles that havealreadybeenpublishedorpreparedforpublicationonthesametheme,inaninternationalornationalpeerreviewedjournal,willneedtobeincludedinthefullproposalthatwillbesubmittedbyJanuary2018.

African Doctoral Academy: Summer School, January 2018 on Main Campus, Stellenbosch University

1. PreparingforthePhD2. Introductiontoqualitativedataanalysis3. Mixedmethodsresearchanddesign4. Leadingadoctoralresearchproject5. Writingandpublishinganarticleduringthecourseofthedoctorate

Sabbatical: Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, May 2018

Traineeswill shadow theDirectorof theCentre for 2weekspreceding the 7th Annual ARESA Seminar. They will receiveexposure to undergraduate and postgraduate teachingprograms in Bioethics, REC and CEC meetings as well asempiricalresearchprojectsintheCentre.

7Th Annual Aresa Seminar, May 2018

Trainees will participate in organisation and hosting of thisannualseminaraspartoftheirleadershipdevelopment.http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/healthsciences/aresa/aresa-seminar

Research Ethics Association of Southern Africa, May 2018

TraineeswillparticipateactivelyinREASA

Research Visit: Bioethics Centre, UNC, USA, July 2018

Theoverallrationalefortheresearchvisitis:toexposetraineesto a different context and culture of bioethics and researchethics;tobenefitfromcapacity-buildingopportunitiesunavai-

ARESA BIOETHICS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

UNIVERSITYOFSTELLENBOSCH,SOUTHAFRICA

The Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and the Center for Bioethics, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, United States have been awarded a D43 capacity development grant from the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a leadership program in Bioethics in Southern Africa from 2017-2022. Successful applicants will be awarded partial scholarships to obtain a PhD (Clinical & Research Ethics).

INTRODUCTION TO THE ARESA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

The mission of the Fogarty International Centre (FIC) is tofacilitateglobalhealthresearch,tobuildpartnershipsbetweenhealthresearchinstitutionsaroundtheworld,andtotrainthenextgenerationofscientiststoaddressglobalhealthneeds.Inkeepingwiththeirmission,theFIChasawardedaD43fundingopportunitytopromotethedevelopmentofBioethicsLeadersinAfricawhowillbeequippedwithatoolboxofskillstoteach,lead research ethics committees and provide research andclinicalethicsconsultationsintheirhomecountries.Adoctoraldegree inbioethicswillbea central focusof this leadershipprogram.

Educational Opportunities

Induction Module, August 2017

The overall goal of this two-week module is to introducetrainees to the requirements andexpectationsof theARESALeadership program, to interact with faculty and potentialmentors,andtodevelopskillsrelevanttoconductingbioethicsresearchatadoctorallevel.Traineeswillbeexpectedtoprepareinadvanceforthisinductionsessionasfollowsby:1. Submittingalettertotheprogramdirectors2weeksbefore

thesessionoutliningtheirstrengths,developmentalareasand training needs and indicating how they anticipatetheirjourneywillbeoverthenext3yearsontheprogramincludingatimelineofgoals.

2. Proposingaresearchquestiontheywouldliketoanswer.3. If producing a dissertation for their PhD requirement,

developingadraftoutlineof theirplanned research forthedissertation