Author profile
Anthony Mercer, editorial author
Anthony Mercer writes and maintains Clinical Forage’s participant-focused guides under a defined source and scope policy.
Role
Anthony Mercer translates FDA, NIH, HHS Office for Human Research Protections, ClinicalTrials.gov, and other primary material into practical questions for prospective research participants. He organizes information around actions a reader can take: verify a record, map a schedule, inspect consent, document payment, protect data, and use participant-rights contacts.
Scope of expertise represented here
Clinical Forage claims editorial experience in reviewing public documents and explaining participation logistics. It does not claim that Anthony Mercer provides clinical judgment, legal analysis, tax advice, research-site operations, or protocol interpretation for an individual.
Pages that discuss medication, laboratory testing, adverse events, consent, privacy, or injury use official sources and send personal decisions to qualified professionals. No clinician reviewer is currently represented on the site; the health-content review policy states that limit.
Method
- Identify the reader’s decision and the fact needed to make it.
- Start with the agency, registry, regulation, consent document, or institution responsible for the fact.
- Write the narrowest supportable statement.
- Separate general education from protocol-specific and personal medical questions.
- Link the source at the claim and list it at the end of the guide.
- Correct material errors with a dated note.
Conflicts and compensation
Anthony Mercer does not receive payment from a study, sponsor, CRO, research site, recruiter, or participant-referral program for content or placement on Clinical Forage. Advertising revenue, when enabled, is separated from editorial decisions.
Contact
Send source suggestions and topic questions to tony@clinicalforage.com. Do not send medical records, laboratory reports, identity documents, consent forms, or private health information.