Clinical Research

  • Read more: OHRP Announces Details of August 28 Public Meeting About SUPPORT and Similar Trials

    OHRP Announces Details of August 28 Public Meeting About SUPPORT and Similar Trials

    By Michelle Meyer Update: In other SUPPORT news today, a second group of bioethicists has written to the NEJM in, ahem, support of OHRP’s original criticisms of the SUPPORT trial. Readers may recall that another group of prominent bioethicists had previously published a letter in the NEJM in support of SUPPORT. OHRP today announced details…

  • Read more: Request for Comments from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

    Request for Comments from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

    By The Petrie-Flom Center The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues recently published a “Request for Comments on Issues Related to Incidental Findings That Arise in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-To-Consumer Contexts.” In this publication, the Bioethics Commission requests public comment on “the ethical, legal, and social issues raised by incidental findings that…

  • Read more: OHRP Suspends Compliance Action Against SUPPORT Study Sites Pending Public Hearing & Guidance

    OHRP Suspends Compliance Action Against SUPPORT Study Sites Pending Public Hearing & Guidance

    By Michelle Meyer UPDATE: A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court against UAB providers and IRB members on behalf of infants enrolled in the SUPPORT study (through their parents). The Amended Complaint, which was filed May 20, can be found here. In addition, here are two more sets of reactions to the…

  • Read more: Public Policy Considerations for Recent Re-Identification Demonstration Attacks on Genomic Data Sets: Part 1 (Re-Identification Symposium)

    Public Policy Considerations for Recent Re-Identification Demonstration Attacks on Genomic Data Sets: Part 1 (Re-Identification Symposium)

    By Michelle Meyer This post is part of Bill of Health‘s symposium on the Law, Ethics, and Science and Re-Identification Demonstrations. We’ll have more contributions throughout the week. Background on the symposium is here. You can call up all of the symposium contributions by clicking here. —MM Daniel C. Barth-Jones, M.P.H., Ph.D., is a HIV…

  • Read more: An Open Letter From a Genomic Altruist to a Genomic Extrovert (Re-Identification Symposium)

    An Open Letter From a Genomic Altruist to a Genomic Extrovert (Re-Identification Symposium)

    By Michelle Meyer This post is part of Bill of Health‘s symposium on the Law, Ethics, and Science of Re-Identification Demonstrations. You can call up all of the symposium contributions here. We’ll continue to post contributions throughout the week. —MM Dear Misha: In your open letter to me, you write: No one is asking you…

  • Read more: Reidentification as Basic Science (Re-Identification Symposium)

    Reidentification as Basic Science (Re-Identification Symposium)

    By Michelle Meyer This post is part of Bill of Health‘s symposium on the Law, Ethics, and Science of Re-Identification Demonstrations. You can call up all of the symposium contributions here. We’ll continue to post contributions into next week. —MM Arvind Narayanan (Ph.D. 2009) is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Princeton. He studies…

  • Read more: I Never Promised You a Walled Garden (Re-Identification Symposium)

    I Never Promised You a Walled Garden (Re-Identification Symposium)

    By Michelle Meyer This post is part of Bill of Health‘s symposium on the Law, Ethics, and Science of Re-Identification Demonstrations. You can call up all of the symposium contributions here. We’ll continue to post contributions into next week. —MM By Misha Angrist Dear Michelle: You know I respect your work immensely: your paper on…

  • Read more: Reflections of a Re-Identification Target, Part I: Some Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free (Re-Identification Symposium)

    Reflections of a Re-Identification Target, Part I: Some Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free (Re-Identification Symposium)

    This post is part of Bill of Health‘s symposium on the Law, Ethics, and Science of Re-Identification Demonstrations. You can call up all of the symposium contributions here. Please note that Bill of Health continues to have problems receiving some comments. If you post a comment to any symposium piece and do not see it…

  • Read more: Data Sharing vs. Privacy: Cutting the Gordian Knot (Re-Identification Symposium)

    Data Sharing vs. Privacy: Cutting the Gordian Knot (Re-Identification Symposium)

    This post is part of Bill of Health‘s symposium on the Law, Ethics, and Science of Re-Identification Demonstrations. You can call up all of the symposium contributions here. Please note that Bill of Health continues to have problems receiving some comments. If you post a comment to any symposium piece and do not see it…

  • Read more: Breaking Good: A Short Ethical Manifesto for the Privacy Researcher

    Breaking Good: A Short Ethical Manifesto for the Privacy Researcher

    By Michelle Meyer This post is part of Bill of Health‘s symposium on the Law, Ethics, and Science of Re-Identification Demonstrations. We’ll have more contributions throughout the week, and extending at least into early next week. Background on the symposium is here. You can call up all of the symposium contributions here (or by clicking…