April 23, 2004

University Removes Human-Subjects Chief

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Acting at the request of federal regulators, the University of Alabama at Birmingham this month removed one of its vice presidents from overseeing its program for protecting human-research subjects after he failed to promptly inform federal officials that the university had suspended three studies.

In a letter to the university, the federal Office for Human Research Protections also noted that Sadis Matalon, acting vice president for research, had drawn criticism from the university's

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