Bege Dauda completed his PhD in Biomedical Science in 2015 at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Katholieke University (KU) Leuven, Belgium. His dissertation addressed the ethical aspects of biomedical research in developing countries, with an emphasis on benefit sharing in the conduct of health research. Prior to his doctoral study, Bege obtained an Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics from KU Leuven and a Master in Public Health from Umea University, Sweden. His postdoctoral research at UPenn addressed the ethico-legal challenges and opportunities of benefit sharing in genomic research in Africa, focusing on the H3 Africa initiative. Bege also has an interest in the ethics of sample sharing and transfer as well as capacity building in research in Low and Middle Income Countries
