Research Ethics Consultation Service Case Series
Inaugural Case Discussion
Benjamin Wilfond, MD
Professor in the Division of Bioethics and Palliative Care
University of Washington School of Medicine
Abstract: In this inaugural seminar of the University of Pittsburgh’s Research Ethics Consultation Service (RECS), Dr. Benjamin Wilfond will discuss a research ethics case that foregrounds the challenges of navigating relationships, responsibilities, and privacy concerns in recontacting parents and their adult children who were previously enrolled in neonatal research. After introducing research ethics consultation at the Seattle Children’s Hospital, Dr. Wilfond will discuss how the local service addressed these challenges in the context of research on outcomes from neonatal herpes simplex virus infection.
Dr. Benjamin Wilfond is a pulmonologist and bioethicist at the Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is the founder of the Clinical Research Ethics Consultation Collaborative, a national network to advance research bioethics consultation practice.
The University of Pittsburgh’s Research Ethics Consultation Service (RECS) serves the entire research ecosystem at Pitt. RECS consultants help researchers in all disciplines think through the ethical and conceptual questions that arise in the design and conduct of their research. To request a consultation, contact RECS@pitt.edu.
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