Clinical Research Ethics Consultation

Friday, September 20, 2024

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT

Location: Jeffersonian Knickerbocker (Second Floor)

CE Hours: 1

This session will involve presentation and discussion of a case study of research in terminally ill patients that presents more than minimal risk without direct therapeutic benefit, but aims at advancing knowledge about novel treatments.

Learning Objectives:

After participating in this conference, attendees should be able to:

Participants will understand the scientific justification for conducting greater-than-minimal-risk research involving terminally ill patients.
Participants will appreciate the ethical arguments for and against conducting greater-than-minimal risk research involving terminally ill patients
Participants will become familiar with challenges related to providing ethics consultation for controversial research areas.

Presenter(s)

CM

Caroline Morehouse, BASc

Moderator(s)

Jake Earl, PhD, HEC-C

Director of Research, Innovation, and Data Ethics
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, District of Columbia
LD

Liza Dawson, PHD,MA

Chief of Bioethics, IRB Chair
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Silver Spring, Maryland