Strengthening research regulatory capacity in the East African community: a multi-country training program on emerging and complex study designs
There was a substantial shift in knowledge on emerging and complex research study designs. We recommend regular training of NRRA and REC members to improve the quality of review of research protocols with complex and emerging study designs.
Authors
- Stephen Okoboi
- Steve Wandiga
- Novat Twungubumwe
- Pauline Byakika‐Kibwika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0757-1968)
- V. Mutabazi
- Barbara Castelnuovo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7756-5032)
- Lina S. Mathew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5620-0106)
- Provia Ainembabazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2570-754X)
- Joseph Walter Arinaitwe
- Belinda Twesigye
- Soazic Gardais
- Hellen Opolot
- Beth Mutumba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-2290)
- Mathius Amperiize
- Ramadhan Nyandwi
- Helen Ndagije
- Jeremiah Kidola
Institutions
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- Université du Burundi (BI)
- University of Bahr El-Ghazal (SS)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Infectious Diseases Institute (UG)
- Rwanda Biomedical Center (RW)
- Ministry of Infrastructure (RW)
- National Institute for Medical Research (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Ethics
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01418-2
- Primary Topic
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00