Mangalore, February 15: The Johannes Gutenburg University, Germany and Yenepoya University, Mangalore, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, February 15, at Yenepoya Medical College.
Johannes Gutenburg University is one of the oldest German Universities, named after the famous fifteenth-century printer, who revolutionaized printing with movable types.
The signatories to the agreement were the Dean of Medical Faculty at Yenepoya University, Dr.Ghulam Jeelani Qadiri and the Dean of Medical Faculty at Johannes Gutenberg University, Prof.Dr.Reinhard Urban. Dr.Urban's colleague Dr.Norbert Paul is the Chief Resouce Person for the International Indo-German CME on Clinical Ethics Consultation.
The MOU encompasses scientific co-operation in the furtherance of research and academics in the specialised area of clinical ethics consultation and bioethics in general. Research is to be in the area of transcultural ethics. The coordination for the MOU on the Indian side is Dr.Vina Vaswani. Dr.Vaswani is the Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology in Yenepoya Medical College. Dr.Vaswani has recently completed her mastersin Bioethics from the prestigious Erasmus Mundus program. The coordinator from the German University is Dr.Norbert Paul, Director, Department of History, Philosophy and Ethics in Medicine.
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