Tiny HHS office tasked with protecting research participants’ safety is running on fumes By Megan MolteniJune 5, 2026

Tiny HHS office tasked with protecting research participants’ safety is running on fumes OHRP was long beset by understaffing. Under Trump, it has lost half its remaining employees https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/hhs-cuts-office-human-research-protections-running-on-fumes/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9p1_hXAXmlmYvCI4IqBDvHGGGbkKdFGh680B22SyRj91x74g633ihfpDw1iKsCRD0_CGYankpRudS6AOt3F7XlRVM9LA&_hsmi=422479592&utm_content=422479592&utm_source=hs_email In 2021, the federal office charged with ensuring that the vast research enterprise bankrolled by the Department of Health and Human Services keeps study participants safe, received a report of a death by suicide involving a person enrolled in a study testing a treatment for depression and reduced mobility.