The Belmont Report at Belmont: Where Modern Human Research Protections Were Shaped-Meet the Presenters

Meet the Presenters

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The program, “The Belmont Report at Belmont: Where Modern Human Research Protections Were Shaped,” takes place July 12, 2026, at Belmont Manor & Historic Park in Elkridge, Maryland. It brings together public officials, health leaders, research-ethics experts, and community advocates to examine the history and continuing importance of human research protections.<br /><br />Welcome remarks are delivered by Kimberly Pruim, chair of Howard County’s HoCo250 initiative and superintendent of Belmont Manor, and Nicholas Mooneyhan, director of Howard County Recreation and Parks. Opening speakers Stephanie Haridopolos, a senior federal health official and physician, and Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health and senior official performing the CDC director’s delegable duties, bring national public-health and research perspectives.<br /><br />The keynote speaker, Lillie Tyson Head, leads the Voices For Our Fathers Legacy Foundation, established by descendants of men abused in the U.S. Public Health Service’s untreated syphilis study at Tuskegee. As the daughter of participant Freddie Lee Tyson, she advocates for ethical health care and public education so such abuses are never repeated.<br /><br />Natalie Klein, acting director of the Office for Human Research Protections, moderates a panel featuring specialists in research oversight, ethics, and clinical research, as well as participant advocate Ted Nicolas. Panelists include Laura Brosch, Jon Mark Hirshon, Ivy Tillman, and Molly Klote, whose experience spans federal and military protections, institutional review boards, research ethics organizations, and health policy. Nicolas shares his experience with sickle cell disease and participation in an NIH clinical trial.<br /><br />Together, the presenters connect the Belmont Report’s principles—respect for persons, beneficence, and justice—to research oversight, public trust, historical accountability, and the lived experiences of research participants.

Keywords

Belmont Report

human research protections

research ethics

Tuskegee study

clinical trial oversight

public health

institutional review boards

Howard County

NIH

informed consent