Roles
Associate Professor
Research Ethics - Research Integrity- Bioethics
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Biography
Dr. Litewka completed his medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires and his master's in public health at the University of El Salvador, also in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Miami and serves as the Director of Global Bioethics at the Miller School University of Miami Institute of Bioethics, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Ethics and Health Policies. Dr. Litewka's work focuses on collaborating on research ethics and responsible conduct of research education with international governmental organizations, universities, and the private sector, particularly in Latin American countries.
From 2005 to 2018, he was the International Director for the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program), a web-based initiative for education on research ethics and responsible research conduct. Between 2016 and 2021, he served as the principal investigator for three U.S. Office of Research Integrity grants: the Inter-American Encounter on Scientific Integrity (ORIIR160022-01-00); the 2nd Inter-American Encounter on Scientific Integrity (1 ORIIR190053-01-00); and an Inventory and Analysis of Latin American Policies on Research Integrity (1 ORIIR200064-01-00).
Dr. Litewka is currently a co-investigator for the NIH-FIC Grant Research Ethics Training in Latin America (RETAMA), based at the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia, and a consultant for the NIH-Fogarty grants on Graduate Programs in Bioethics in Research at the University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, and the Research for Ethical Data Science in sub-Saharan Africa (REDSSA), based at Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
In 2011, he served as a member of the International Research Panel at the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. -
Teaching Interests
Research Ethics
Research Integrity
Human subject protections
Global ethics
Artificial Intelligence
Public Health -
Research Interests
Research Ethics
Research Integrity
Human subject protections
Global ethics
Artificial Intelligence
Public Health -
Publications
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