Glossary Term

Human Subject (DHHS Definition)

Glossary Term:

Human Subject (DHHS Definition)

Definition

A living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains:

  1. data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or
  2. identifiable private information.

Intervention includes both physical procedures by which data are gathered and manipulations of the subject or the subject's environment that are performed for research purposes.

 

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