Ken Noss
Former Normal patient from Chico State who participated in NIH studies and recounts his internship and subject experiences at the Clinical Center.
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Apr 14, 2026 • 27min
The Normals | Episode 2
Ken Noss, a former NIH volunteer who interned at the Clinical Center, and Laura Stark, a history professor who studies human-subject experiments, discuss shifting sources of research volunteers in the 1960s. They cover expanding recruitment beyond peace churches, student interns and their motivations, changing ethics and record-keeping, and the move toward paid, short-term participants.
