Doctoral Dissertation Research: Privacy Concerns Regarding the Use of Home Diagnostic Technologies

在David Stark教授的指导下，博士生Joan H Robinson将参与档案研究和访谈，以调查家庭诊断的监管框架，特别是家庭诊断如何促进美国个人隐私和信息披露法律框架的发展。利用国家档案馆的档案资料和通过信息自由法获得的资料，她将研究食品和药物管理局在审议1976年医疗器械修正案时使用的主要资料来源。接受过律师培训的联合调查官还将审查与专利纠纷和滥用这些技术有关的一千多件判例法。自我诊断工具，从家庭艾滋病毒检测到全天佩戴的监测器，正变得越来越普遍。这项研究将增加我们对家庭诊断是如何塑造和塑造有关隐私、披露和监视的法律、态度和实践的理解。

Under the supervision of Prof. David Stark, Ph.D. student Joan H Robinson, will engage in archival research and interviews to investigate the regulatory framework for home diagnostics, looking in particular at how home diagnostics have contributed to the development of American legal frameworks of personal privacy and disclosure. Utilizing archival materials at the National Archives and those attained through the Freedom of Information Act, she will study the primary sources used by the Food and Drug Administration in their deliberation regarding the Medical Device Amendments of 1976. The Co-PI, who is trained as a lawyer, will also examine over one thousand case laws relating patent disputes and misuse of these technologies. Tools of self-diagnosis, from home HIV tests to monitors worn throughout the day, are becoming widespread. This research will increase our understanding of how home diagnostics are shaped by and shaping laws, attitudes and practices regarding privacy, disclosure, and surveillance.