Petrie-Flom Center Posts ANPRM Conference Program

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School has circulated the following announcement, concerning a conference at which I will speak. I am happy to post the announcement in full.

Annual Conference Announcement: The Future of Human Subjects Research Regulation

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce plans for our annual conference, this year entitled: "The Future of Human Subjects Research Regulation." The one and a half day event will take place Friday, May 18 and Saturday May 19, 2012 at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), titled "Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators," which proposes to substantially amend the Common Rule for the first time in twenty years. This development, as well as attention by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, suggests we are at a moment when the regulation of human subjects research is ripe for re-thinking. This conference will gather leading experts from the U.S. and across the globe to assist in that endeavor.

We have limited space, so attendance is by permission. To apply to attend please email a paragraph explaining your interest and background to Shannon Sayer at ssayer@law.harvard.edu.

Click here for full conference schedule.