Florencia Luna received an M.A. from the University of Columbia (USA) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires. She is teaching bioethics at FLACSO (Latin American University of Social Sciences) and at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She is an Adjunct Researcher at CONICET (National Scientific and Technological Research Council) since 2000. She is a Board Member of the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) since 1999, and President of the IAB since July 2003. She is a temporary advisor of World Health Organization (WHO) and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS). She is in the Steering Committee of CIOMS working on the International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects. In addition to directing a research program on bioethics at FLACSO, she has won a grant to act as co-director to train persons in ethics and research (2000-2002). She is editor of Perspectivas bioeticas since 1996 (the first Argentinian journal wholly devoted to bioethics). She has co-authored several books and published articles in a variety of journals and in books. Dr. Luna has also been invited to give lectures in various universities in North America. Presently she is working on issues related with research in developing countries and international codes of ethics, and also in genetics and ethics.
Date: February 7, 2011
Time: 12.00
Venue: IBME Pestalozzistrasse 24 3rd floor library

Victoria Laszlo

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