Controversies in Clinical Research Ethics INTRODUCTION

About This Symposium This symposium issue consists of papers presented at the 22nd Annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship, April 7-8, 2016, in Charleston, South Carolina. The endowed lectureship, held annually since 1993, is funded by the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation through a bequest from Dr. Thomas A. Pitts, who served on MUSC's Board of Trustees for 36 years, including 25 years as its chair. The conference was presented by the Medical University of South Carolina, the Institute of Human Values in Health Care, the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and the Office of Continuing Medical Education of the MUSC College of Medicine.