Roberto Cañete Villafranca, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.

Roberto Cañete Villafranca, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.Title/Position: Visiting Scholar

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Roberto Cañete Villafranca, M.D., M.S., Ph.D., is Professor of Parasitology, Biosafety and Bioethics at the University of Medical Sciences in Matanzas, Cuba, and Researcher at the Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology in Matanzas. He is president of the Matanzas Chapter of the Cuban Society of Microbiology and Parasitology. His areas of expertise include clinical trials, research ethics, ethics and public health, parasitology, and the development of public health professionals and students’ ethical attitudes and behaviors.

Prof. Cañete Villafranca received his M.D. degree at the University of Havana in 1997, and his certification as Master in Parasitology and Specialist in Medical Microbiology at the Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kourí in Havana in 2001 and 2002, respectively. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from Havana’s University of Medical Sciences with a dissertation about the evaluation of the efficacy and safety of alternative drugs in the treatment of Giardia duodenalis infection in children.

Prof. Cañete Villafranca is the author of more than 60 scholarly articles and book chapters. His current research is focused on ethics and public health as well as in ethics research. He also is involved in programs for the control of intestinal parasitic infection at community level, and the designing and carrying out of clinical trials in resource-limited settings.

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Selected Joint Articles

Abreu MT, Damas OM, Piñol Jiménez FN, Cañete R. United States-Cuba Research Collaborations: Opening Bridges for Gastroenterology. Gastroenterology. 2017 Mar 19. pii: S0016-5085(17)30294-9. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2017.03.011. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28327366.

Cañete R, Brito K, Guilhem D, Goodman KW. Perception and Satisfaction with Received Information Regarding Treatment for Intestinal Parasitic Infection in Cuban Patients. West Indian Medical Journal 2015;2014:307. DOI: 10.77/wimj.2014.307.

Cañete R, Goodman KW. Cuba–US collaboration and the role of bioethics. Lancet 2015 Mar 14; 385(9972): 945.

Isasi R, Zuchner SL, Cañete R.  Genetics boosts US–Cuban links. Nature 2016;539:357 (Correspondence).

Cañete R, Prior A, Brito K, Guilhem D, Novaes MR, Goodman KW. Development of an institutional curriculum in ethics and public health. Acta Bioethica 2013;19(2):251-7.

Selected Conferences and Workshops

• 1er Taller Internacional, “La medicina comunitaria en Cuba y su impacto en la calidad de la población”. SICaMaT, Matanzas, 28-30 de octubre de 2015.

• Taller Nacional “Ética de la Investigación en Salud Pública”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Matanzas, 30 de abril de 2015. 

• Curso Pre- jornada Nacional de Terapias Naturales “Bioética, investigación y gestión universitaria. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas y Casa de Gobierno Provincial. Matanzas, 26 a 27 de febrero de 2015. [http://promociondeeventos.sld.cu/triolet2015/curso-pre-jornada/ ]

• III Taller Provincial de Ética Médica. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Matanzas, 2014.

• Curso Provincial “Ética de la investigación, ética de la atención”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas y Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiologia y Microbiología. Matanzas, 2014.

• Curso Provincial “Introducción a la ética de la investigación en seres humanos. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas y Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Matanzas, 2013.

• Curso Provincial “Diseño de Proyecto de Investigación Científica para Doctorado- Módulo (Ética de la Investigación)”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Matanzas, 2013.

• Curso Provincial “Ética, investigación y Salud Pública”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas y Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Matanzas, 2012.

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Roberto Cañete Villafranca, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.
University of Medical Sciences
Matanzas City, Cuba
CP: 40100
roberto.villafranca infomed.sld.cu
Telephone: +53-45-244591