Tag: IRB
Blog Posts (3)
March 12, 2013
The Belmont Report: The Blue Print for Ethical Behavior and Its Implications in Black History
Original Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Olivette Burton, MBe, MSW. The National Research Act and Belmont Commission (1974) came about in direct response to unethical experimentation on Black Americans by medical science and researchers in...April 24, 2009
A Three-Legged Dog Cannot Run an IRB No Matter How Hard Congress Tries
As if the Coast IRB sting couldn’t get more crazy, the company itself has decided to close up shop on the more than 300 clinical trials it was reviewing, according to an AP story, and transfer them to another company.…
April 19, 2009
GAO Says "Gotcha!" to Coast IRB
Who knew that GAO was so crafty? Evidently not Coast IRB, for one. Well, maybe it’s not quite SO crafty, but GAO was able to get the IRB to fall for a fake clinical trial that showed that the review board for hire was asleep at the wheel when it came time to review the phony study.…
Published Articles (6)
AJOB Primary Research: Volume 4 Issue 2 - Apr 2013
Views of IRBs Concerning Their Local Ecologies: Perceptions of Relationships, Systems, and Tensions Between IRBs and Their Institutions Robert Klitzman
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 4 - Apr 2011
The Research Subject As Identified Problem Paul Root Wolpe
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 5 - May 2011
Beyond the IRB: Local Service Versus Global Oversight Molly Havard
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 5 - May 2011
Dealing With the Long-Term Social Implications of Research Alan Fleischman
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 3 - Mar 2008
A Plea for Pragmatism in Clinical Research Ethics David H Brendel
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 6 Issue 5 - Sep 2006
Letter to the Editor: In Defense of the PolyHeme Trial Anne Hamilton Dougherty
Resources (42)
Citizens for Responsible Care and Research
Provides resources for research subjects and people considering enrolling in research as well as an index of human research protections law and legislation.
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
Human research protection resources from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Belmont Report
Available on the Department of Health and Human Services website.
Alliance for Human Research Protection
The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP) is a national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical medical research practices, to minimizing the risks associated with such endeavors and to ensuring that the human rights, dignity and welfare of human subjects are protected.
Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants
Statement on the mission of the National Bioethics Advisory Commision, established in 1995.
Program Protection of Human Subjects Participating in Research Programs
Program Protection of Human Subjects Participating in Research Programs Conducted or Supported by HRSA Policy.
Canadian Institute for Health Research
Guidelines for health research involving aboriginal people.
Online Course On Ethical Issues in International Research
Course by the Harvard School of Public Health. The web site introduces major ethical topics in international health research, poses questions for students and scholars to consider, and also provides research resources and case studies. CD-Rom is available.
News (3)
March 20, 2013 5:51 pm
Stanford bioethicist speaks out about layers of stem cell regulations
Stanford bioethicist Hank Greely, JD, spoke out in an article in Nature exploring whether all these layers of approval are really still necessary.
March 7, 2013 12:19 pm
Time to ditch stand-alone stem cell oversight panels, experts say (Nature Medicine)
The vital role ESCROs have played in recent years can now be taken over by IRBs and IACUCs—both of which have existed at universities and research institutions for decades. Those two review bodies would only have to expand their remits slightly to cover hESC-specific considerations.
June 20, 2012 11:57 am
Jury Is Still Out Over Disclosing Genomic Research Findings to Patients (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
Four years after developing consensus recommendations to address responsibilities of researchers and institutional review boards (IRBs) when investigators discover IFs of potential health or reproductive importance to research participants, a group of researchers have joined on a follow-up project. The latest consensus paper, published earlier this year in Genetics in Medicine, built on the prior study by considering how to identify and manage IRRs and IFs in large-scale research involving biobanks.