The NIH Director’s Council of Public Representatives (COPR) is a federal advisory committee comprising patients, family members of patients, health care and education professionals and members of the general public. Their job is to advise the Director of the NIH on matters of public interest, outreach and participation in NIH’s research-related activities. For further information about COPR, please go to: http://copr.nih.gov.

Report and Recommendations on Public Trust in Clinical Research