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Media Advisory: Experts On HHS Proposed Changes to “Common Rule” Protections for Human Subjects of Research
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced proposed revisions to the regulations that govern research on individuals who participate in research.
Scholars at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics are available to discuss the ethical implications of these proposed changes to the standards of informed consent and safety in research, as well at the American health care system.
Ruth Faden, PhD, MPHDirector, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsRadio: On NPR's Diane Rehm Show, re: H5N1 flu research (at 14:14)
A world-renowned bioethics pioneer, Dr. Faden is co-author of the seminal text A History and Theory of Informed Consent, and was appointed by President Bill Clinton to head an investigation into human radiation experiments.
With Nancy Kass and others, she authored a groundbreaking proposal on reframing the ethical distinction between medical research and practice in 2013.
Nancy Kass, ScDPhoebe R. Berman Professor of Bioethics and Public HealthVideo: On MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow Daily, re: Ebola outbreak (at 2:05)On MSNBC’s News Nation, re: first Ebola case in the U.S.Radio: On Marketplace Tech, re: clinical trial inducing hypothermia (at 1:03)
Dr. Kass is the author of the widely referenced “Kass framework” for analysis of public health programs. With Ruth Faden and others, she authored a paradigm-shifting proposal to eliminate the ethical distinction between medical research and medical treatment in 2013.
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About the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsOne of the largest bioethics centers in the world, the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics is the home for collaborative scholarship and teaching on the ethics of clinical practice, public health and biomedical science at Johns Hopkins University. Since 1995, the Institute has worked with governmental agencies, nongovernmental and private sector organizations to address and resolve ethical issues. Institute faculty members represent diverse disciplines including medicine, nursing, law, philosophy, public health and the social sciences. More information is available at www.bioethicsinstitute.org.
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