By Shayna Korol
Publication Date: 2025-12-12 12:30:00
If you are human, there is a very good chance that you have been involved in research involving human subjects.
Maybe you participated in a clinical trial, completed a survey about your health habits, or participated in a graduate student’s experiment for $20 while you were in college. Or perhaps you have done your own research as a student or professional.
- AI is changing the way people conduct research on human subjects, but our regulatory framework to protect human subjects has not kept pace.
- AI has the potential to improve healthcare and make research more efficient, but only if it is built responsibly and monitored appropriately.
- Our data is used in ways we may not be aware of or consent to, and underrepresented populations are at the greatest risk.
As the name suggests, human subject research (HSR) is research on human subjects. Federal regulations define it as research that involves and requires interaction with a living person to obtain information or biological information.
