Clinical misTrials
By Nicole Fisher
Out of adversity, people of color have involuntarily contributed to the policies, principles and science that have laid the foundation of bioethics. By understanding the importance of these contributions, we can finish the story and begin building trust and health equity in communities of color.
Clinical misTrialsApr 30, 2021
First Nations Nutritional Trials
This episode explores the unethical nutritional clinical trials conducted in malnourished Indigenous Canadian Communities and Indian Residential Schools.
Sources:
- Mosby, I. (2013). Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942–1952. Histoire sociale / Social History 46(1), 145-172. doi:10.1353/his.2013.0015.
- Owens, B. Canada used hungry indigenous children to study malnutrition. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.13425
The Puerto Rico Birth Control Trials
This is an account of the unethical clinical trials that took place in puerto rico in the pursuit of a hormonal birth control pill.
Acres of Skin: Part 2
Interview of Adrianne Jones-Alston, daughter of previous inmate turned community activist Leodus Jones, about how his experience in the Holmesburg Trials has generationally affected her family and what justice might look like for those in similar situations.
Adrianne's Facebook page for her father's legacy is linked.
Acres of Skin: Part 1
This episodes explores the clinical (mis)trials conducted at Holmesburg Prison under Dr. Albert Kligman, the father of Retin-A, and gives an account of those that suffered as a result.
Welcome: Oh, Hey!
Oh hey there, Clinical misTrials Community! This trailer is an introduction to the podcast and to me, Nicole Fisher, as your host. I hope it sets the tone for the mixed method reporting that you can expect this season. Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss out on an episode! If you have a story to share, a topic that you want covered or, any thoughts in general, DM me @clinicalmistrials on instagram or drop me a note at clinicalmistrials@gmail.com.