{"id":10200,"date":"2012-09-13T00:31:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/news\/article.php?ArticleID=10200"},"modified":"2019-05-14T13:41:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T17:41:45","slug":"10200_big-pharma-and-the-risky-world-of-the-human-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/2012\/09\/13\/10200_big-pharma-and-the-risky-world-of-the-human-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Pharma and the Risky World of the Human Subject"},"content":{"rendered":"
We are pleased to call attention to the following upcoming talk at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ State, which clearly ties into the subject matter of this year’s Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, from 2:30-4:30 p.m., anthropologist Roberto Abadie will discuss his latest book,\u00a0The Professional Guinea Pig<\/em>, where he\u00a0documents the emergence of the professional research subject in Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development. Drawing on ethnographic research among self-identified \u201cprofessional guinea pigs\u201d in Philadelphia, Abadie examines their experiences and views on the conduct of the trials and the risks they assume by participating.<\/p>\n The talk will take place in Dickson Hall, Brantl Hall Lecture Room<\/p>\n