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Season Three - Episode Seven
Research Ethics Reimagined Podcast Season Three: Episode Seven “Informed Consent and Pregnancy: A New Toolkit for Clinical Researchers” Guests: Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, DrPH, and Blythe Chen, MPH
- In this episode of “Research Ethics Reimagined,” we speak with Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, DrPH, and Blythe Chen, MPH, of The Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center) about the evolving legal landscape for clinical trials following the 2022 Dobbs decision, and how varying state laws around reproductive health create new privacy considerations for participants. The guests describe MRCT Center's related research and their Pregnancy Privacy Protections for Participants (P4) Toolkit, a set of resources designed to help researchers and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) improve informed consent language and communicate more clearly with participants. Listen on Spotify | Listen on Apple| Listen on Amazon
Resources
- Pregnancy Privacy Protections for Participants (P4) Tools - The MRCT Center three tools in the Pregnancy Privacy Protections for Participants (P4) Toolkit. These resources inform research teams, IRBs, and participants about data privacy risks if a participant becomes pregnant during a study.
- PRIM&R's Research Ethics Timeline - A resource for exploring the milestones of research ethics, including developments in federal research protections