Ethical Criteria for Improved Human Subject Protections in Phase I Healthy Volunteer Trials
October 12, 2022
Tag: Rebecca L. Walker
Mission Creep or Mission Lapse? Scientific Review in Research Oversight.
September 1, 2022
Walker, Fisher Publish Survey of U.S. Biomedical Researchers
January 7, 2022
Rebecca L. Walker, PhD and Jill A. Fisher, PhD from the Department of Social Medicine have published a new survey that identifies how researchers using vertebrate animals viewed issues of significance for translational science. Rebecca L. Walker, PhD, at left, and Jill A. Fisher, PhD. Rebecca L. Walker, PhD, is...
Translational Science: A Survey of US Biomedical Researchers’ Perspectives and Practices
December 23, 2021
This national survey aimed to identify how biomedical researchers using vertebrate animals viewed issues of significance for translational science, including oversight and public engagement, and to analyze how researcher characteristics and animal model choice correlate with those views. Responses from 1,187 researchers showed awareness of, and concerns about, problems of...
Fisher, Walker Elected as Hastings Center Fellows
December 2, 2021
The Hastings Center recently announced the election of 24 new fellows, which include Jill A. Fisher, PhD and Rebecca L. Walker, PhD in the UNC Department of Social Medicine. The Hastings Center is pleased to announce the election of 24 new fellows. Hastings Center fellows are a group of more...
Biomedical Research Using Nonhuman Animals: Ethics and Translational Value
August 30, 2021
This chapter considers the ethical significance of the translational value of biomedical research using live nonhuman animals. By “translational value” is meant how well or poorly animal research results in specific improvements in human medicine. While other animal as well as environmental benefits may also result from biomedical research using...
Phase I Trial Compensation: How Much Do Healthy Volunteers Actually Earn from Clinical Trial Enrollment?
August 26, 2021
Background/aims Financial compensation for research participation is a major focus of ethical concern regarding human subject recruitment. Phase I trials are sometimes considered to be a lucrative source of income for healthy volunteers, encouraging some people to become “professional guinea pigs.” Yet, little is known about how much these clinical...
Biomedical Researchers’ Perceptions of the NIH’s Sex as a Biological Variable Policy for Animal Research: Results from a U.S. National Survey
August 26, 2021
Background: In 2015, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established a policy on sex as a biological variable (SABV) in an effort to address the overrepresentation of men and male animals in biomedical research and the lack of attention to sex-based responses to medical treatments. However, questions remain regarding how...
Rebecca Walker interviewed by ABC 11 News
August 11, 2021
Paying for Fairness? Incentives and Fair Subject Selection
March 22, 2021