Resident Bioethicist & Professor of Bioethics and Allied Health Sciences
Tuskegee University
Stephen Olufemi Sodeke, PhD, DBE is a Resident Bioethicist and Professor of Bioethics and Allied Health Sciences at the Tuskegee University Center for Biomedical Research. He currently chairs the Tuskegee University Institutional Review Board and serves as a bioethicist for the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative (AGHI) and the Southern All of Us Research Network. Additionally, he serves as a Resource Expert for NGO Bioethics Beyond Borders. At various periods during the past 20 years, Dr. Sodeke has served as Associate Director and Interim Director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.
His research interest areas are community bioethics, research ethics, health care ethics, gene-ethics, neuro-ethics, health and human rights; community engagement and empowerment; ethical issues in clinical trials, health disparities, and research with vulnerable populations worldwide.
Dr. Sodeke holds a doctor of bioethics degree from Loyola University of Chicago, a PhD in curriculum and instruction in allied health education, supervision, and administration from the University of Florida, a master’s degree in clinical laboratory science education and guidance from Texas Christian University and in bioethics and health policy from Loyola University of Chicago. He also holds certifications in bioethics from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University as well as in health care ethics from the University of Washington in Seattle.
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The Learning Phase includes:
Connecting Clinical Trial Sponsors: Bringing sponsors and local EQBMED-selected sites together to work as partners.
Sharing Key Learnings: Sharing important lessons learned from these partnerships.
Building Robust Infrastructure: Creating a strong support system that continues to support the growth and aspirations of local sites.
