Perrey C, Wassenaar D, Gilchrist S, Ivanoff B. Ethical issues in medical research in the developing world. Developing World Bioethic, 2009, 9, 2, 88-96. This paper reports on a multidisciplinary meeting held to discuss ethical issues in medical research in the developing world. Many studies, including clinical trials, are conducted in developing countries with a high burd...

Perrey C, Ymba A.  De l’information à la décision : les motifs du consentement à un essai vaccinal contre l’hépatite B en Côte d’Ivoire. Journal International de Bioéthique, 2009,Vol 20,1-2 :75-103. Le consentement du sujet représente un élément clef de toute recherche biomédicale sur l’homme. Idéalement conçu comme libre de toute contrainte, éclairé par une information bien...

Perrey C, Giami A, Rochel de Camargo K, de Oliveira Mendoça A. De la recherche scientifique à la recommandation de santé publique : la circoncision masculine dans le champ de la prévention du VIH, Sciences sociales et santé, 2012, 30, 1, 5-38. L’objectif de cet article est d’étudier les conditions dans lesquelles la circoncision masculine a été instaurée comme outil de préve...

Giami A, Perrey C, Transformations in the Medicalization of Sex: HIV Prevention between Discipline and Biopolitics, Journal of Sex Research, 2012, 49:4, 353-361 This article examines transformations in HIV prevention strategies from the 1980s to the present. Drawing on the concepts of medicalization (Conrad, 2007), discipline and biopolitics (Foucault, 1976/1988), and biomed...

Abdoul H, Perrey C, Tubach F, Amiel P, Durand-Zaleski I, Alberti C. Non-Financial Conflicts of Interest in Academic Grant Evaluation: a Qualitative Study of Multiple Stakeholders in France, PLoS One, 2012 April 9, 7(4), e 35247 Peer review is the most widely used method for evaluating grant applications in clinical research. Criticisms of peer review include lack of equity, ...

Abdoul H, Perrey C, Amiel P, Tubach F, Gottot S, Durand Zaleski I, Alberti C. Peer review of Grant Application: Criteria Used and Qualitative Study of Reviewer Practices, PloS One. 2012 sept 28; 7(9): e46054. Peer review of grant applications has been criticized as lacking reliability. Studies showing poor agreement among reviewers supported this possibility but usually focu...

Rochel de Camargo K, de Oliveira Mendoça A, Perrey C, Giami A. Male circumcision and HIV: A controversy study on facts and values, Global Public Health, 2013, 8(7):769-83. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2013.817599. Epub 2013 Aug 13. We present a controversy study on the association between male circumcision (MC) and HIV. Our general goal is to shed light on the issue, unravelling an...