Precarious ethics: Toxicology research among self-poisoning hospital admissions in Sri Lanka. (2013)
Journal Article
Sariola, S., & Simpson, B. (2013). Precarious ethics: Toxicology research among self-poisoning hospital admissions in Sri Lanka. BioSocieties, 8(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1057/biosoc.2012.34

Self-harm using poison is a serious public health problem across Asia. As part of a broader effort to tackle this problem, medical research involving randomised clinical trials are used to identify effective antidotes among patients who have ingested... Read More about Precarious ethics: Toxicology research among self-poisoning hospital admissions in Sri Lanka..

Blinding Authority: Randomized Clinical Trials and the Production of Global Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Sri Lanka (2012)
Journal Article
Simpson, B., & Sariola, S. (2012). Blinding Authority: Randomized Clinical Trials and the Production of Global Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Sri Lanka. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 37(5), 555-575. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243911432648

In this article, the authors present an ethnography of biomedical knowledge production and science collaboration when they take place in developing country contexts. The authors focus on the arrival of international clinical trials to Sri Lanka and p... Read More about Blinding Authority: Randomized Clinical Trials and the Production of Global Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Sri Lanka.

Theorising the ‘human subject’ in biomedical research: International clinical trials and bioethics discourses in contemporary Sri Lanka. (2011)
Journal Article
Sariola, S., & Simpson, B. (2011). Theorising the ‘human subject’ in biomedical research: International clinical trials and bioethics discourses in contemporary Sri Lanka. Social Science & Medicine, 73(4), 515-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.024

The global spread of clinical trials activity is accompanied by a parallel growth in research governance and human subject protection. In this paper we analyse how dominant ideas of the ‘human subject’ in clinical trials are played out in countries t... Read More about Theorising the ‘human subject’ in biomedical research: International clinical trials and bioethics discourses in contemporary Sri Lanka..

Ethical Review, Remit and Responsibility in Biomedical Research in South Asia. (2010)
Journal Article
Simpson, R., Dissanayake, V., Douglas-Jones, R., & Sariola, S. (2010). Ethical Review, Remit and Responsibility in Biomedical Research in South Asia. Indian journal of medical ethics, 7(2), 113-114

In recent decades, research in the biomedical sciences has been increasingly located in settings outside of the global north. Much of this research arises out of transnational collaborations made up of sponsors in richer countries (pharmaceutical ind... Read More about Ethical Review, Remit and Responsibility in Biomedical Research in South Asia..