# Masters Level Bioethics Program at Central South University in Changsha, China

> **NIH NIH R25** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $248,399

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
We propose a new program that will develop a sustainable, innovative and interdisciplinary Master of
Bioethics (MBE), develop an integrated Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and establish a
Bioethics Training Institute at Central South University (CSU), a leading academic institution in Changsha,
Hunan province, China. The program will be led by faculty at CSU, many of whom were trained at Yale with
support from our current Fogarty grant. The MBE program will provide a cadre of Chinese health-focused
policy makers, practitioners and researchers with the skills to respond to contemporary bioethics challenges
encountered in their field. Graduates of this program will become bioethics thought leaders and resources for
others seeking consultations in their institutions. The HRPP will integrate the two newly established IRBs at
the Xiangya Schools of Nursing and Public Health with the longer established IRBs at the Xiangya School of
Medicine and its three affiliated hospitals and develop a formal process to monitor, evaluate and continually
improve the protection of participants in research conducted by CSU investigators. HRPP will become a
resource for investigators and IRBs at CSU, as well as health policy makers, practitioners, and researchers
and IRBs from other academic institutions and agencies in Hunan province and beyond. Establishment of a
Bioethics Training Institute at CSU will provide targeted, short-term and flexible courses and workshops to
train a diverse group of policy makers, public health and medical practitioners, researchers and IRB
members from Hunan province and beyond in contemporary bioethics issues associated with their work.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9955386
- **Project number:** 5R25TW007700-09
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Kaveh Khoshnood
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $248,399
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-06-01 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9955386

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9955386, Masters Level Bioethics Program at Central South University in Changsha, China (5R25TW007700-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9955386. Licensed CC0.

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