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Tuskegee Experiment
1932-1972
Rural Black men, sharecroppers, were studied in order to document disease in Blacks. Participants in this study were not told if they had Syphillis and had no access to Penicillin. It wasn't until widespread news awareness that this experiment ended.
This impacted me because it reinformed that poor Black bodies have historically lacked access to proper medical treatment for many generations. -
Wilhelm Wundt Laboratory
1935-1945
Homosexuals, Jews, and Black people were used for a multitude of torturous studies. The studies included surgery without anesthesia, sleep deprivation, and starvation.
This study impacted me due to it being clear that researchers allowed their social beliefs to impact their choice of participants to carry out experiments on. -
Tearoom Trade Study
1970
Researcher Humphrey went undercover as a homosexual man in order to observe the behavior of homosexual men. These observations often took place in tea rooms and other common areas where nudity was acceptable. Though the research caused an uproar, Humphrey's findings shattered stereotypical beliefs of homosexuals in the late 1960s.
This study impacted me due to participants not having consent for their sexuality, behavior, or personal information to be used in the data Humphrey's published. -
Federal Law
19821
The federal law was implemented to protect human participants in research. This can be found in Title 45 public welfare. The federal government outlined requirements in five parts. They also implemented required training for researchers seeking federal grants for research.
This impacted me because I find it important for federal regulation to be upheld in order to ensure a shared practice to uphold ethical human treatment and there is no withholding of human rights for the sake of science.