PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vayena, Effy AU - Brownsword, Roger AU - Edwards, Sarah Jane AU - Greshake, Bastian AU - Kahn, Jeffrey P AU - Ladher, Navjoyt AU - Montgomery, Jonathan AU - O'Connor, Daniel AU - O'Neill, Onora AU - Richards, Martin P AU - Rid, Annette AU - Sheehan, Mark AU - Wicks, Paul AU - Tasioulas, John TI - Research led by participants: a new social contract for a new kind of research AID - 10.1136/medethics-2015-102663 DP - 2016 Apr 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 216--219 VI - 42 IP - 4 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/42/4/216.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/42/4/216.full SO - J Med Ethics2016 Apr 01; 42 AB - In recent years, there have been prominent calls for a new social contract that accords a more central role to citizens in health research. Typically, this has been understood as citizens and patients having a greater voice and role within the standard research enterprise. Beyond this, however, it is important that the renegotiated contract specifically addresses the oversight of a new, path-breaking approach to health research: participant-led research. In light of the momentum behind participant-led research and its potential to advance health knowledge by challenging and complementing traditional research, it is vital for all stakeholders to work together in securing the conditions that will enable it to flourish.