Seminar participants will be more comfortable discussing the ethics of human subjects research, creating a more open atmosphere in their courses, labs, and departments. Seminar participants colleagues will turn to them for advice and guidance on conducting research with human subjects and teaching the responsible conduct of science. Participants institutions, including human subjects committees, will benefit from their increased insight and skills regarding ethical, legal, and social issues in research with human subjects. The scientific community profits from all efforts to improve the research enterprise through attention to ethical, legal, and social issues, and from improvements in science s public image that indirectly result from such efforts. Human subjects involved in research will enjoy a better relationship with scientists in a safer, more responsible research environment.
Irresponsible research is bad research.
Any improvement in the ethical conduct of research with human subjects provides a direct benefit to the American public through better health care and more trustworthy research. Seminar description The Scientists and Subjects seminar will be customized to suit the needs and interests of each cohort of seminar participants. To maximize interaction and attention to each participant s concerns, each cohort will be limited to 15 participants . Use of the Inernet will enable extremely busy researchers to fit the seminar into their schedules. The seminar is open to junior and senior researchers, members of Institutional Review Boards and other administrators, and college and university faculty members who teach future researchers.