Patient Involvement in Medical Research: Trends, Challenges, and Untapped Potential

(Note:  I wrote this paper as part of a grad school application in November, 2016.) In their interactions with the medical and scientific research community, the traditional role of patients has been that of “passive research subject.”[1] However, a complex interplay of changing social, political, economic, and technological dynamics is fundamentally upending the process of … Continue reading Patient Involvement in Medical Research: Trends, Challenges, and Untapped Potential