I agree thoroughly with C.K. Gunsalus’s call for rethinking the role of the institutional review board in protecting the rights of research subjects, and with her distinction between behavioral and ...
Obtains information or biospecimens through intervention or interaction with the individual, and uses, studies, or analyzes the information or biospecimens; or Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or ...
The old ethics rules no longer offer adequate protection to field research subjects, say social scientists. As a result, individual people and even entire societies are left vulnerable to financial ...
Research means a systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Human subject means a living ...
Pritchard worked in the Office for Human Research Protections for 20 years and retired as the senior adviser to the director of OHRP in 2024. Deciding whether to participate in a clinical research ...
An underlying principle of the regulations governing use of human subjects in research is that the subject’s participation be voluntary. Due to the inherent power difference between student and ...
For too many generations, Black communities have been subject to medical experimentations. The infamous Tuskegee syphilis study, which withheld treatment from Black men for 40 years, did not merely ...
Biomedical science has historically been a male-dominated world — not just for the scientists, but also for their research subjects. Even most lab mice were male (SN: 6/18/19). But now, a new study ...
Can I still interact with my research subjects? The IRB allows face-to-face data collection at this time. You should minimize in-person interactions following Sindecuse Health Center Recommended ...
The Institutional Review Board is a local review board, established by the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees in accord with federal regulations, to interpret and apply federal regulations, ...
Menu Application Process and Forms Training Reference Materials IRB Member Access To comply with federal regulations and Miami policies, research involving human subjects requires that researchers be ...
Investigators must use Cayuse to electronically submit new research studies for review and approval, course approvals, continuing research requests, amendments to approved research studies, and ...