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The quiet collapse of America’s research ethics watchdog
In little over a year, the federal office responsible for overseeing the vast research enterprise bankrolled by the Department of Health and Human Services — including keeping study participants safe — has collapsed.
The Office of Human Research Protections has lost more than half of its employees, either through reductions in force, resignations, or early retirements. Many of the top leaders are gone, and the office’s advisory committee has also been disbanded. One former advisory committee called the office “decimated.”
