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About Us
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The Program is sponsored by Union Graduate College Bioethics Program (Schenectady, New York) in partnership with the Department of Medical History and Ethics of Vilnius University. It is supported by NIH Research Grant # D43 TW007085 funded by the Fogarty International Center, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The purpose of the Advanced Certificate Program is to provide a knowledge base and a skill set in research ethics and international bioethics that will allow students to function as independent research ethicists in their home countries. It will also prepare students to facilitate institutional change with regard to ethical practices in international health research. These courses were developed by, and are taught by, teams of American and European experts and are designed for Central and Eastern European students. The certificate courses are offered via distance learning, on-line, through the Union Graduate College Bioethics Program in partnership with the Department of Medical History and Ethics of Vilnius University. Short seminars are offered on site at Vilnius University. Except for these seminars, the Program design permits students to complete the certificate (or Masters Degree) without leaving their homes or jobs.
The Program consists of 7 graduate courses including 3 seminar courses (5-10 days each) held at Vilnius University (Lithuania) and 4 web-based, on-line, distance learning courses (10 weeks each). The total length of the Program, which begins with an introductory seminar at Vilnius University, is 16 months. Additional scholarships are available for promising students interested in completing a Masters in Bioethics from the union Graduate College, Bioethics Program. Both the on-line and on-site courses are taught in English jointly by European and American lecturers.
The first cohort of students completed the program in October, 2006. The second cohort began
in June, 2007 and will complete in October, 2008.It is
anticipated that applications will be accepted for a third
cohort in Spring, 2009.
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