Editorial

Παρουσίαση της Ημερίδας «Νέες Τεχνολογίες τροποποίησης του γονιδιώματος: Βιοηθικά Ζητήματα», Σπίτι της Κύπρου, Πρεσβεία της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας στην Αθήνα, 21.2.2020.https://spititiskyprou.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/prosklisi-21-feb-2020-esperida-nees-technologies.pdf

Εισήγηση στην ημερίδα με τίτλο: «Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη στην Ιατρική Απεικόνιση, Εφαρμογές, προοπτική, ηθικά και φιλοσοφικά ζητήματα», 12.10.2019, Αθήνα.

Funding of research proposals by the European Commission (EC) requires notonly scientific excellence and innovation, but also ethical conduct of research. For thisreason, the EC performs ethics review for all the research proposals that are going to befunded, in order to check compliance with the ethics principles of research, as well asthe European and National laws, in the countries where research is conducted. The aimof the present manuscript is to raise awareness and familiarize researchers with theethics review of research proposals, as conducted in the EC, through the eyes of twoethics experts.Firstly, the stages of the ethics review process are described, which is performedwith the assistance of independent ethics experts. The criteria which are provided andmonitored by the Ethics and Research Integrity Sector in the EC are then presented indetail. Based on these criteria, the possible outcomes of an ethics review are analyzed,which may include the formation of specific requirements that need to be fulfilled by theresearchers. Specific reference is made to the requirements that may result when aresearch proposal involves collection, processing and storage of personal data accordingto the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, because this Regulation enteredinto force recently in the ethics review.Finally, reference is made to the importance of ensuring integrity in researchthought the ethics review process, and the necessary compliance with the ethicsstandards of EC-funded research.