Dennis Jones, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University has been selected as the inaugural early career representative to the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Board of Directors. Dr. Jones was nominated for this position by the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), and will begin his three [...]
Category: Science Policy
Return of Individual Research Results: A Guide for Biomedical Researchers Utilizing Human Biospecimens
Available for FREE to all readers as an Editor's Choice article for May. Abstract The recent movement toward returning individual research results to study subjects/participants generates ethical and legal challenges for laboratories performing research on human biospecimens. The concept of an individual's interest in knowing the results of testing on their tissue is pitted against [...]
ASIP SCIENCE POLICY
The Research and Science Policy Committee, currently chaired by William Muller of Northwestern University, supports ASIP by ensuring that the public affairs concerns of ASIP members are heard within ASIP, in cooperation with FASEB and in the wider biomedical and research communities. Areas of active interest to the ASIP Research and Science Policy Committee are listed [...]