Research Chimps Go To Haven
All chimpanzees formerly used by the US federal government for biomedical research at New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) will be retired to Chimp Haven, a federal sanctuary in Keithville, Louisiana,...
View ArticleExperts Aim to Redefine Healthcare and Research Ethics
Johns Hopkins bioethicists lead a call to reform the ethical foundation of the changing American healthcare system In what they acknowledge as a seismic shift in the ethical foundation of medical...
View ArticleBuilding Trust For Online Health Research
Bioethicists Call for Collaborative Consent To Ensure Ethical Practices While Leveraging The Web’s Research Potential Status updates, patient forums, blog comments – among the incredible amount of...
View ArticleBioethicists Propose Routine Randomization of Therapy in Clinics
People visiting the doctor don’t necessarily expect to be partaking in a research project. But a new report from US ethicists proposes that blurring the line between clinical care and clinical trials...
View ArticleBioethics Bulletin: Engaging Individuals in the Research Process
Our Debra Mathews comments on genetic research, participation, control, trust & ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Sequel’, an Op-Ed by Rebecca Skloot Read More >>
View ArticleMatthew DeCamp Honored For Mentoring
(r-l) Colleagues Holly Taylor and Maria Merritt check out Matthew DeCamp’s advising award. Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, received...
View ArticleBioethics Bulletin: Sensationalizing SUPPORT Harms Us All
With a new letter from OHRP and the publication of influential letters in the New England Journal of Medicine from leaders at NIH and an a group of scholars and leaders in bioethics and pediatrics...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Is It Safe to Take Medication While Pregnant?
It isn’t unethical to test drugs on pregnant women. It’s unethical not to. Anne Drapkin Lyerly and Ruth Faden, another founder of the Second Wave Initiative and the director of the John Hopkins Berman...
View ArticlePress Release: Ethical Research With Minorities
November 4, 2013 Media Contact: Leah Ramsay, lramsay@jhu.edu; 202.642.9604 Johns Hopkins bioethicist Nancy Kass is a guest editor of the AJPH special issue taking a comprehensive look at the current...
View ArticleNew Paper: Trustworthy Research Institutions
Authors, including our Gail Geller, use the challenging case of studying the genetics of intelligence to encourage a greater consideration of how research institutions, like Johns Hopkins, balance...
View ArticleEthics, pregnancy, and ZIKV vaccine Research and Development
The Ethics Working Group on ZIKV Research and Pregnancy has authored a new publication in Vaccine, summarizing their recommendations for the Zika virus vaccine research agenda. This work is part of a...
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