Program

Research Programs: Humanities, Science, and Technology

Period of Performance

6/1/1995 - 5/31/1998

Funding Totals

$119,000.00 (approved)
$119,000.00 (awarded)


Ethical Constraints in Medical Science: Clinical Testing of Vaccines, 1930-60

FAIN: RH-21188-94

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Chicago, IL 60612-4305)
Sydney A. Halpern (Project Director: October 1993 to March 1999)

To support the research and writing of a history of the use of human subjects for clinical testing of vaccines from 1930 to 1960 that focuses on the develop-ment of informal ethical standards and controls within research communities.