Medical Research Ethics: Challenges in the 21st Century

Professor Tomas Zima, Head of the Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague, served as Dean of the First Faculty of Medicine and Rector Magnificus of Charles University. Professor Zima is author of 470 articles which have been cited over 4500 times in the Science Citation Index. He has also written nine books and is Author of over 75 additional chapters. He has lectured globally at 160 universities and served in many leadership roles including as Member of the European Commission’s Scientific Panel for Health (SPH). He is Chair of the Advisory Board for the International Academy of Medical Ethics and Public Health. Professor Weisstub is Honorary Life President of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health and Co-President of the International Academy of Medical Ethics and Public Health. He is Founding Editor of the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (Springer). For over 40years, he was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (Elsevier) and is Co-Editor of Éthique, Médecine et Politiques Publiques with Professor Christian Hervé. For over 20 years, he was Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Until 2017, Professor Weisstub has held the Philippe Pinel Professorship in Legal Psychiatry and Biomedical Ethics at the Université de Montréal. He is Recipient of honorary doctorates in the USA, Canada, Belgium, Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic. A Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour, he was appointed Grande Ufficiale in the Republic of Italy and knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands in the Order of the Dutch Lion.