When Research Ends: Institutional Responsibility, Participant Protection, and Research Integrity - On Research Podcast
On Research - with CITI Program
Chapters
0:20
Introduction and Episode Framing
0:49
Guest Introduction: Dr. Brandon Brown
1:44
Guest Background and Expertise
2:02
Why Study Termination Is a Blind Spot
4:17
Who Is Responsible When a Study Ends?
5:33
Funding Gaps and Ethical Obligations
7:36
Institutional Responsibility and Risk Management
8:12
What Participant Protection Looks Like at Termination
11:35
Consequences of Poorly Managed Terminations
14:19
On Campus Promo
14:42
Disproportionate Harm to Participants
18:04
Policy and Infrastructure Gaps
21:44
Similarity to Emergency Management
22:09
Emergency Funding
23:47
Looking Forward
27:50
Ethical Mandate to Proactively Address Terminations
28:35
Closing Remarks and Resources
On Research - with CITI Program
When Research Ends: Institutional Responsibility, Participant Protection, and Research Integrity - On Research Podcast
Feb 24, 2026
Season 3
Episode 14
CITI Program
When studies end abruptly, the ethical responsibilities don’t disappear. Dr. Brandon Brown joins host Alexa McClellan to examine institutional responsibility, participant protection, and research integrity when research is terminated unexpectedly—and what the end of a study reveals about trust in the research enterprise.
Notes:
- Dr. Brandon Brown. “Your Study Is Terminated: Researchers Need to Prepare Participants.” The Hastings Center for Bioethics. November 19, 2025. https://www.thehastingscenter.org/your-study-is-terminated-researchers-need-to-prepare-participants/
- On Campus – A CITI Program Podcast - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1896915/
- Disaster Response and Research Reactivation – A CITI Program Course - https://about.citiprogram.org/course/disaster-response-and-research-reactivation/
- Dr. Brandon Brown’s CITI Program Author Page - https://about.citiprogram.org/authors/brandon-brown-mph-phd/
- CITI Program’s course catalog: https://about.citiprogram.org/course-catalog
