Members

Chairman 2012:

Salvör Nordal
Director, Centre for Ethics
University of Iceland
Sæmundargata 2
101 Reykjavik
ICELAND
salvorn@hi.is

 

Denmark

Moustapha Kassem
Professor
Endocrinology and Metabolism
University Hospital of Odense
DK -5000 Odense C
DENMARK
+45 655 040 84, +45 654 112 33
mkassem@health.sdu.dk

Janne Rothmar Herrmann
Faculty of Law
University of Copenhagen
Studiestraede 6
1455 Copenhagen K
DENMARK
Tfn +45 2123 4668
janne.rothmar.herrmann@jur.ku.dk

 

Finland

Sirpa Soini
Senior expert, legal adviser
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
P.O.Box 30, 00271 Helsinki
FINLAND
Tel. +358 20 610 8796
Fax. + 358 9 773 2922
sirpa.soini@helsinki.fi

Aaro Tupasela
Department of Social Research/Sociology
P.O. Box 16 (Snellmaninkatu 12)
00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND
Tel: +358 9 191 23968
aaro.tupasela@helsinki.fi

 

Iceland

Ásgeir Haraldsson
Professor in Paediatrics, University of Iceland
Chief and Faculty Chairman, Children’s Hospital Iceland
Landspitali - University Hospital
101 Reykjavík
ICELAND
asgeir@landspitali.is

Salvör Nordal
Director, Centre for Ethics
University of Iceland
Sæmundargata 2
101 Reykjavik
ICELAND
salvorn@hi.is

 

Norway

Grethe S. Foss
seniorrådgiver
Bioteknologinemnda
Postboks 522 Sentrum
0105 Oslo
NORWAY
Tlf.  24 15 60 24
Fax:24 15 60 29
grethe.foss@bion.no

Anne Ingeborg Myhr
Genøk- Senter for biosikkerhet
Forskningsparken i Breivika
Postboks 6418
9294 Tromsø
NORWAY
Telefon: (+47) 77 64 4642
Telefaks: (+47) 77 64 61 00
anne.myhr@genok.org

 

Sweden

Göran Elinder
Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Dep. Of clinical science and education,
Bergstigen 13
182 78 Stocksund
SWEDEN
Tel +46 8 85 20 15
Mobil +46706187177
goran.elinder@ki.se

Titti Mattsson 
Docent, Faculty of Law
University of Lund
Box 207
221 00 Lund
SWEDEN
tel. 046-2221024
mobil. 0703-277463
Titti.Mattsson@jur.lu.se

 

Observers from Faroe Islands:

Gunhild G.G. Isfeldt
Serlækni í psykiatri
Formaður fyri vísindasiðsemisnevnd Føroya
Heilsumálaráðið
Eirargarður 2
100 Tórshavn
FAROE ISLANDS
gunhild.isfeldt@regionh.dk

Firouz Gaini
Department of Education
University of the Faroe Islands
P.O.Box 348
FO-100 Torshavn
FAROE ISLANDS
Tel. +298 359428
Fax. +298 359401
firouz@flsk.fo

 

Secretary

Lotta Knutsson Bråkenhielm
Emblavägen 1E
182 67 Djursholm
SWEDEN
Tfn: +46 (0)8 6510549
Mobil:+46 (0)70 482 6993
secretary@ncbio.org

News

  • Hunting and Protecting Marine Mammals - a Clash of Cultures?

    A conference at Faroe Islands June 4-5. More information will be available here shortly.

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    The Nordic Committee on Bioethics

    Text by Sirpa Soini, University of Helsinki, published in Nordic Health Law in a European Context  (eds: Elisabeth Rynning and Mette Hartlev, Liber 2011)

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    Mental Health Ethics

    Conference at The House of Science and Letters in Helsinki Oct 31 - Nov 1:
    ETHICAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH

    Programme 

    The focus of this conference is on ethical questions regarding mental health seen from different perspectives. Many different factors may affect the mental health of an individual. Psychological and social circumstances for a person are of great importance, but the extent of this influence on the mental health varies according to the genetic composition of the person.  Different kind of stress induction can cause a mental health disorder for a person. These disorders appear in all age groups and affect families, close relatives and working places. The diseases themselves cause individual suffering, and in addition, mental health problems still carry a certain stigma.

    Target audience: Government officials, doctors, health care workers, patient groups, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, social workers, media, students

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