ABN Country Representative, Mozambique

Cristina Octávio Chissico holds a Master’s degree in Bioethics from the University of Brasília, Brazil (2019) and a Licentiate degree in Portuguese Language Teaching from the Pedagogical University of Mozambique (2011). She has extensive experience in research ethics involving human subjects, having worked in this field since 2009. Currently, she provides technical and administrative support to researchers on matters related to research ethics and plays a key role in the administrative and financial management of the National Bioethics Committee for Health (CNBS) in Mozambique.

Since 2012, she has been actively involved in training and capacity-building programs for members of Institutional Bioethics Committees for Health (CIBS). In 2018, she participated in the VII International Congress of the UNESCO REDBIOÉTICA Network, organized by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Brasília. She also attended a specialized training course for members of Research Ethics Committees (CEP) and the National Research Ethics Committee of Brazil (CONEP). In 2019, she took part in the XIII Brazilian Congress of Bioethics, organized by the Brazilian Society of Bioethics in Goiânia-DF.

As a junior researcher, she contributed to a study titled “Analysis of the Characteristics and Outcomes of Clinical Trial Protocols Submitted to CNBS in the Last Five Years.” Additionally, in 2022, she participated in a teaching internship in Bioethics at the Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Mozambique (ISCTEM).

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Licenciada em Ensino de Português pela Universidade Pedagógica de Moçambique em 2011, Mestre em Bioética pela Universidade de Brasília-Brasil (2019). Tem experiência em ética em pesquisa em seres humanos desde 2009 até a actualidade presta assistência técnica e administrativa aos pesquisadores em matérias de ética em pesquisa com seres humanos e na gestão administrativa e financeira do Comité Nacional de Bioética para a Saúde (CNBS).

Tem participação no treino de capacitação dos membros dos Comités Institucionais de Bioética para a Saúde (CIBS´s) desde 2012. Em 2018 participou no VII Congresso Internacional de la REDBIOÉTICA UNESCO, organizado pela Faculdade de Ciências de Saúde da Universidade de Brasília e no Curso de capacitação dos membros dos Comités de Ética em Pesquisa (CEP) e Comité Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa do Brasil (CONEP). Em 2019 participou no XIII Congresso Brasileiro de Bioética da Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética em Goiánia-DF.

Participou como pesquisadora júnior na pesquisa intitulada: “Análise das Caracteristicas e resultados dos protocolos de ensaios clínicos submetidos ao CNBS nos últimos 5 anos” Em 2022 participou no estágio de docência na cadeira de Bioética, no Instituto Superior de Ciências e Tecnologia de Moçambique (ISCTEM).