About the Authors

The PREPARED Code was developed by 55 authors from all continents as listed below:

Lead Author: Doris Schroeder (UClan Cyprus & UCLan UK)

Adhiambo, Joyce (Partners for Health and Development in Africa, Kenya)

Akinyi, Iddah (Partners for Health and Development in Africa, Kenya)

Aliukonis, Vygintas (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Alvarez-Castillo, Fatima (University of the Philippines, Philippines)

Andanda, Pamela (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Antoniou, Josephina (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods, Cyprus)

Antoniou, Katerina (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods, Cyprus)

Chatfield, Kate (UCLan UK)

Chennells, Roger (Chennells Albertyn, South Africa)

Dalton-Brown, Sally (Independent Advisor, previously University of Melbourne )

de Vries, Jantina (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Drummond, Orla (Trilateral Research, Ireland)

Evans, Natalie (Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Feinholz, Dafna (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

Gefenas, Eugenijus (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Inguaggiato, Giulia (Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Juurik, Marten (Estonian Research Integrity Unit, Estonia)

Kalaitzaki, Katerina (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods, Cyprus)

Kim, Ock-Joo (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)

Kimani, Joshua (Partners for Health and Development in Africa, Kenya)

Kornioti , Nadia (UCLan Cyprus)

Krubiner, Carleigh (Wellcome,UK)

Kumar, Nandini (Forum for Ethics Review Committees in India, India)

Laulhe-Shaelou, Stephanie (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods, Cyprus)

Law, Emma (Protas, UK)

Leisinger, Klaus (Foundation Global Values Alliance, Switzerland)

Lekstutienė, Jūratė (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Louw, Collin (South African San Council, South Africa)

Lukaseviciene, Vilma (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Majima, Shunzo (Tokio Institute of Technology, Japan)

Makanga, Michael (Global Health - European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3, Joint Undertaking, Belgium)

Marcou, Andreas (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods, Cyprus)

Mlotshwa, Langelihle (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Monteiro, João (Springer Nature)

Nyirenda, Thomas (European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Association)

Pallisé Perelló, Clàudia (Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Pannofino, Corinna (Trilateral Research, Ireland)

Park, Young Su (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)

Partington, Hazel (UCLan UK)

Paspallis, Nearchos (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods, Cyprus)

Rath, Johannes (University of Vienna, Austria)

Ravinetto, Raffaella (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium)

Schmitt, Karin (Foundation Global Values Alliance, Switzerland)

Schmuhl, Fritz (Springer Nature)

Seedall, Carly (European Network of Research Ethics Committees, Germany)

Singh, Michelle (European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Association)

Snyders, Leana (South African San Council, South Africa)

Spoof, Sanna-Kaisa (Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, Finland )

Tambornino, Lisa (European Network of Research Ethics Committees, Germany)

Videnoja, Kalle (Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, Finland )

Yan , Fei (Fudan University, China)

Zhu , Jianfeng (Fudan University, China)

Zhu, Linzi (Shanghai Ethics Committee for Clinical Research, China)

Zhu, Wei (Fudan University, China)

Further details about the team can be found on the PREPARED Project website.

We gratefully acknowledge valuable input on the code from the following research funders and research networks: Wellcome Trust, WHO TDR, the European Commission, EUREC, and ENRIO. We also received valuable input on the Code from bioethicists at Roche and Novartis, from staff and students at the University of Nairobi Medical School, from four patient organisations and the general public.