Homo sapiens Homo sapiens human subject Oliver He, Anthony Huffman https://irb.research.chop.edu/who-human-subject https://grants.nih.gov/policy/humansubjects/research.htm https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2018/08/07/human-subjects-and-clinical-trial-glossary-updates/ A livinging individual who is or becomes a participant in research, either as a recipient of a test article or as a control. A subject may be either a healthy human or a patient. Based on the NIH definition, a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting the following research: (1) Obtains information or biospecimens through intervention or interaction with the individual, and uses, studies, or analyzes the information or biospecimens; or (2) Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates identifiable private information or identifiable biospecimens.