Tiny HHS office tasked with protecting research participants’ safety is running on fumes

AI justification

Institutional collapse of human research protections enables systemic rights violations. | The erosion of the OHRP's capacity to oversee human research protections directly violates fundamental rights to dignity, safety, and informed consent. This institutional weakening undermines SDG 3 (Good Health) and SDG 4 (Quality Education) by compromising the ethical framework for medical research, which disproportionately affects vulnerable populations and children. The loss of expertise represents a sy