The Centre for Ethics (CFE) at Yenepoya University, Mangalore was established in February 2011. Dr. Vina Vaswani, Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, who had completed her Master's in Bioethics in 2008, as an Erasmus Mundus student, was appointed Director. It was the first ethics-dedicated centre in a medical college in India. The Centre was set up to bring about a reawakening of medical ethics and bioethics in the health care setting, through academic programs, research and cultural exchanges. Supported by an educational research grant (1R25TW010305) from National Institutes of Health, USA, CFE runs a two-year, full-time Master's in Research Ethics. In addtion, the CFE offers two postgraduate diploma courses - one in Bioethics/Medical (PGDBEME) and the other in Clinical Ethics (PGDCE), along with other short courses and student activities in various sub-disciplines of bioethics.
Yenepoya University is the first deemed university in the district of Dakshina Kannada (Mangalore) in the south of Karnataka. The Islamic Academy of Education was established in 1991 as an educational trust. The trust proposed the formation of a deemed university in 2008 and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India recognized Yenepoya University on 27 February 2008. Yenepoya Medical College, Dental College, Nursing College and Physiotherapy College are constituent colleges of Yenepoya University.
Yenepoya University is the first deemed university in the district of Dakshina Kannada (Mangalore) in the south of Karnataka. The Islamic Academy of Education was established in 1991 as an educational trust. The trust proposed the formation of a deemed university in 2008 and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India recognized Yenepoya University on 27 February 2008. Yenepoya Medical College, Dental College, Nursing College and Physiotherapy College are constituent colleges of Yenepoya University.
Centre for Ethics Timeline
2011: Centre for Ethics established
2011: Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics (PGDBEME) introduced
2011: Certificate Course in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CCCEC) introduced
2012: Intensive Short Training Course in Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research started (renamed Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research I-SWEAR)
2014: Certificate Course in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CCCEC) upgraded to Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Ethics (PGDCE)
2014: Value-added courses for undergraduates in Bioethics and Environmental Ethics
2015: ENCIRCLE: The Ethics Club of Yenepoya University created
2018: Master's in Research Ethics started (supported by NIH Grant 1R25TW010305)
2011: Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics (PGDBEME) introduced
2011: Certificate Course in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CCCEC) introduced
2012: Intensive Short Training Course in Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research started (renamed Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research I-SWEAR)
2014: Certificate Course in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CCCEC) upgraded to Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Ethics (PGDCE)
2014: Value-added courses for undergraduates in Bioethics and Environmental Ethics
2015: ENCIRCLE: The Ethics Club of Yenepoya University created
2018: Master's in Research Ethics started (supported by NIH Grant 1R25TW010305)
NEWS...
- December 2018: Dr. Nancy S Jecker Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine visits the Centre for Ethics on 10th December 2018.
- December 2018: Dr. Joseph Ali visited the Centre for Ethics for a guest lecture and interaction with the faculty, students and alumni of the Centre of Ethics on 3rd and 4th December 2018
- November 2018: CFE @ GFBR Stellenbosch: Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, CFE; Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor - Ophthalmology and Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor - Internal Medicine were invited to attend the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research meeting at Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 13 and 14 November 2018. The theme of the meeting was biobanks and research on stored samples in LMICs. Vina presented a Pecha-Kucha paper on Policy-making on Research on Stored Samples. Ravi and Uma jointly presented a Pecha-Kucha paper on Ethical Issues in Research on Stored Samples (case-based presentation). Ravi and Uma won the Best Pecha Kucha Paper Award...Click here to read more
- October 2018: Life Time Achievement Award to Distinguished University Professor Emerita Ruth Macklin of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA on 19 October 2018, at Lecture Hall IV, Academic Block, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore. To read more click here
- Applications for PGDBEME 2019 and PGDCE 2019 now open. Click here for details...
- MSc Research Ethics (starting 16 July 2018): The NIH-funded MSc Research Ethics at the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore, Karnataka will commence classes on 16 July 2018. The last date for submitting completed application forms has been extended to 31 May 2018. Click here to read more...
- May 2018: Annual Workshop - Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) - The seventh edition of the annual Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research was held from 28-31 May 2018. For a detailed report click here
- May 2016: Annual Workshop - Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) has been awarded with 18 credit hours by the Karnataka Dental Council and 6 credit hours by Karnataka Medical Council. Read more...
- April 2016: The Centre for Ethics @ Yenepoya University conducted a one-day workshop on bioethics for undergraduate students at the national level conference DeMedCon 2016 at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar on 19 April 2016. Click here to read more.
- March 2016: Visibility program on five years of collaboration between Yenepoya University and Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany on 19th March 2016
- February 2016: Fourth Encircle Meeting was held on 18th Feb, 2016. The topics discussed were 'Designer babies' and 'investigations and diagnosis of an epidemic'.
- January 2016: Sixth batch of PG Diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics (PGDBEME) commenced
- January 2016: Third batch of PG Diploma in Clinical Ethics (PGDCE) commenced.
- December 2015: Forum for Ethics Review Committees for the Asian and Western Pacific Regions (FERCAP) with the cooperation of the Forum for Ethics Review Committees of India (FERCI) conducted a four-day SIDCER Recognition Survey for Yenepoya University Ethics Committee from 6-9 December 2015. The Survey team consisting of 4 members Dr Cristina Torres (FERCAP Coordinator), Dr. Chandanie Wanigatunge (FERCAP Lead Surveyor), Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy (President FERCI) and Dr. Sangeeta Desai (Local Surveyor) assessed the functioning of the YEUC, its Secretariat, documentation and archiving and ethical review processes.