Author
Francis Kombe
CEO
EthiXPERT NPC
Pretoria, South Africa
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Francis Kombe is the Chief Executive Officer of EthiXPERT. He is a dedicated bioethicist with a strong focus on research integrity.
My organisation
At EthiXPERT, our contribution is centred on a vital global objective: to ensure that everyone in every African country can attain better health and an improved quality of life, with a strong emphasis on fairness and social justice. We empower the continent by promoting responsible and ethical research practices. Our core mission is to enhance the capacity for research ethics throughout Africa.
We acknowledge that research is dynamic, expensive, and competitive. As such, no single individual, organisation, or government can single-handedly realize the desired optimal health standards, quality of life and social development without the support of other institutions and the society at large. EthiXPERT therefore partners with relevant role players including decision-makers, research institutions, implementing agencies and funding organisations to identify important research gaps and to develop and deliver sustainable and culturally acceptable evidence-based solutions.
About me
Francis Kombe is a Public Health and community engagement practitioner and bioethicist, with a passion in Research Integrity. He has a wealth of experience working in international health research institutions, where he has held various leadership positions. Kombe holds an MSocSc (research ethics) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa; Master of Public Health (MPH) and Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health (PGDPH) from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine-UK (LSHTM) and is currently awaiting to graduate from a Wellcome Trust funded PhD in Bioethics at UKZN. Before joining EthiXPERT, Kombe worked as a training coordinator at the KWTRP where he was involved in the strategic development and planning of health research fieldworkers. He has published widely in the field of community engagement, frontline staff, research integrity, fair study benefits and informed consent, among others. He is a co-founder and interim committee member of the African Research Integrity Network (ARIN)
Skills
- Public Health
- Community engagement
- Facilitation
- Training of trainers
Interests
- Research Ethics
- Research Integrity
- Responsible conduct of research
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Capacity Building
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Clinical research services
- Ethics and regulatory advisory
- Training and capacity building
- Capacity building and training
- Genomics and/or bioinformatics support
- Clinical trials and regulatory affairs
- Community engagement and social sciences
- Health systems and implementation research
- Africa-Europe, Europe-Europe or Africa-Africa cooperation
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