The ITHS interview series is meant to shine a deserving spotlight on individuals who are doing critical but sometimes invisible work across the vast spectrum of translational science. In this installment, we sat down for a conversation with the expert consultants who make up the ITHS Bioethics Team to learn how they help researchers during study development. Expert consultation from this specialized team, based at Seattle Children’s, helps investigators consider perceived ethical issues that are anticipated to be complex i.e., when is a placebo-controlled trial justified. Members of the Bioethics Team, Benjamin Wilfond MD, Kate MacDuffie, PhD, and project coordinator Devan Duenas, sat down with the ITHS communications team for an interview about their new book, Challenging Cases in Research Ethics. It is comprised of decades of bioethics research published in the American Journal of Bioethics and is designed to be a resource for researchers, and students in healthcare research fields.
