In this special issue, Director Dr. Kass announces that this month marks the first reunion of the Johns Hopkins Fogarty African Bioethics Training Program to be held in Baltimore to celebrate 7 years of the program. The issue highlights the achievements of the program’s 23 trainees and provides a short profile of each trainee.

Trainee Bornwell Sikateyo (2004) reports from the field on the conclusion of his practicum project on Zambian health workers’ knowledge of, attitudes towards and practices relating to research ethics and his decision to pursue a PhD in the Public Health and Policy Division of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Readers are introduced to the five new 2007 trainees: Kagemlo Kiro (Tanzania), Julius Nwobegahay (Nigeria), Pauline Osamor (Nigeria), Musonda Simwinga (Zambia) and Dr. Olaniyi Taiwo (Nigeria). The Newsletter announces the publication of a new case study authored by Dr. Kass, Dr. Hyder and eleven Fogarty Trainees entitled, The Structure and Function of Research Ethics Committees in Africa: A Case Study, and summarizes findings.