Research Ethics Consultation Service Case Series

Marion Danis, MD
Former Bioethics Consultation Service Chief
Department of Bioethics
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Abstract: Dr. Danis will briefly discuss her perspective and experience in leading a research ethics consultation service. She will then present an ethics consultation regarding a research participant who developed an adverse event during participation in a clinical trial and requested unblinding to know whether she was assigned to the treatment or control arm of the trial. Ethical considerations regarding obligations to a research participant, preservation of scientific validity of a trial, and regulatory oversight of research will be discussed.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Research Ethics Consultation Service (RECS) serves the entire research ecosystem at Pitt. RECS consultants help researchers in all disciplines think through the ethical and conceptual questions that arise in the design and conduct of their research. To request a consultation, contact RECS@pitt.edu.

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