Roli Mathur

Dr. Roli Mathur is a passionate bioethicist/scientist heading the ICMR Bioethics Unit and  serving as the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Strengthening Ethics in Biomedical and Health Research. She is a Scientific Advisor to the National Ethics Committee Registry at Department of Health Research, MoHFW, Govt of India and also the Member Secretary of the ICMR-Central Ethics Committee on Human Research which serves as the National Ethics Committee at ICMR. She is recently appointed as a Professor at the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) in the faculty of Medical Research.

Her work over the years has revolved around building capacity for Research Ethics, developing National Policies and Guidelines, networking with stakeholders, coordinating the ICMR-Central Ethics Committee, and advising the National Ethics Committee Registry in India. During the last few years, she has coordinated the development of >16 National Guidelines, Policies, Tools and instruments in Research Ethics and also contributed to >10 International guidelines.  Following her work at ICMR, she was acknowledged to be among the top Women Scientists and recognized to be exceptionally meritorious during her last assessment promotion.