Date: Tuesday, November 12

08:00 a.m. - 09:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration
09:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Policy briefing

Location:
Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Hall, 12th Floor
600 New Jersey Ave., NW
Washington, DC

Citizen scientists and other researchers not subject to the federal research regulations often perform health research using smartphones and other mobile devices. Although much of this research is promising, there are concerns about informed consent, privacy, independent review, and other issues. Is there a way to protect the interests of research participants and the public in an “unregulated” environment?

Recommendations for State legislatures, NIH, FDA, FTC, CPSC, CDC, consumer technology companies, and organizations of unregulated researchers will be provided.

Support for the Policy Briefing was provided by the University of Louisville School of Medicine and the Georgetown University Law Center O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.