If he is using the specimens to conduct research, is Dr. Maple doing human subjects research?
Yes. He would be considered doing human subjects research since he interacted with the patients and collected the specimens. No one on the application, including Dr. Maple, can know the identities of the patients. b) If Dr. Maple provides the coded data to Dr. Oaks, along with an agreement stating that Dr. Oaks will never have access to the code’s key, and Dr. Maple does not collaborate on the study, is Dr. Oaks doing human subjects research? No, because Dr. Oaks did not interact with the patients and has no key to the code or access to identifying information.
