Tuskegee Syphilis Study
(1932-72) |
1932 |
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| Elixir Sulfanilamide Disaster |
1937 |
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1938 |
Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act |
| Monster Study on stuttering |
1939 |
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| Nazi Experiments on Prisoners (1939-45) |
1940s |
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| Stateville Penitentiary Malaria Study |
1940s |
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| Radiation Experiments Begin (1944-74) |
1944 |
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1944 |
Penicillin used to treat syphilis |
| Guatemala STD Experiments |
1946 |
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| MIT Science Club Study (1946-53) |
1946 |
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1947 |
Nuremberg Code |
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1948 |
UN adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| George Otto Gey extracts cells from Henrietta Lacks |
1951 |
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| Sloan-Kettering Cancer Study |
1952 |
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| Wichita Jury Study |
1953 |
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MK-ULTRA:
Military LSD experiments |
1953 |
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| Willowbrook Hepatitis Study (1956-71) |
1956 |
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| Thalidomide Tragedy |
1957 |
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| Harvard Psilocybin Experiments (1960-63) |
1960 |
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| Milgram Obedience Study |
1962 |
Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendment
to Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act |
| Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital Cancer Study |
1963 |
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1964 |
Declaration of Helsinki |
| Beecher Article |
1966 |
US Surgeon General’s Directives on Human Experimentation
Institutional review required |
| Tearoom Trade Study published |
1970 |
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| Stanford Prison Experiment |
1971 |
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| Tuskegee Syphilis Study exposed. Study ends. |
1972 |
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1974 |
Tuskegee lawsuit settled out of court. |
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1974 |
National Research Act passed by Congress |
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1974 |
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical & Behavioral Researchestablished. DHEW funded research to be reviewed by IRBs |
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1974 |
45 CFR 46: IRB procedures established
Subpart C: Special Protections for Pregnant Women and Fetuses |
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1978 |
President Carter establishes the Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1978-83) leading to the creation of The Common Rule |
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1978 |
Subpart C: Special Protections for Prisoners |
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1979 |
Belmont Report |
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1981 |
FDA regulations for IRBs at 21 CFR revised to correspond with DHHS regulations |
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1982 |
CIOMS Guidelines |
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1983 |
Subpart D: Special Protections for Children |
| Arizona State University’s Havasupai Research Study (1989-2004) |
1989 |
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1990 |
International Conference on Harmonization Guidelines (ICH Guidelines created) |
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1991 |
Common Rule |
| MIT Science Club experiments exposed. |
1993 |
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| 1930s & 40s Radiation Experiments Publicized |
1993 |
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1993/5 |
Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments Report |
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1995 |
President Clinton creates the
National Bioethics Advisory Committee (1995-2001) |
| University of Rochester student participant Nicole Wan dies in minimal risk medical study |
1996 |
HIPAA Privacy Rule |
| Death of Jesse Gelsinger in University of Pennsylvania medical study |
1999 |
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2000 |
OPRR is promoted to OHRP |
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2001 |
President Bush replaces the NBAC with
the President’s Council on Bioethics |
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2001 |
University of Iowa apologies for Monster Study |
| Columbia Restaurant Study |
2001 |
AAHRPP incorporated |
| Boston College's The Belfast Project begins (2001-2006) |
2001 |
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| Havasupai Tribe learn the extent of the ASU research study |
2004 |
SACHRP established |
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2007 |
University of Iowa settles Monster Study lawsuit |
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2010 |
US apologizes for the Guatemala STD Experiments |
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2010 |
ASU settles Havasupai lawsuit |
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2011 |
ANPRM for Revision to the Common Rule |
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2012 |
Boston College's Belfast Project interviews under legal review |
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2012 |
UK Concordant to Support Research Integrity |
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2013 |
University of Alabama's SUPPORT Study suspended by OHRP |
| Stanford & Dartmouth Voter Experiment |
2014 |
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2014 |
UNC IRB suspends whistle-blower's research study on literacy of atheletes |
| OKCupid Mismatched Matchmaking Experiment |
2014 |
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| Facebook Emotional Contagion Study |
2014 |
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| UCLA Study: Same Sex Marriage: Effect of the Canvasser |
2015 |
NPRM for Revision to the Common Rule |
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2017 |
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues concludes upon the inauguration of the new president and is not replaced. |
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2017 |
The Final Revisions to the Common Rule is published on January 19, 2017 in the Federal Register. |
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2018 |
The Final Rule was implemented by July 18, 2018. Now known as the "Revised Common Rule" or "The 2018 Requirements" |