Articles Tagged With: research
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AIDS research needs more women, physicians say
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News briefs: HIV-positive fertility assistance; DA in hockey dad case blocked heart donation; Prisoner heart transplant renews scarcity debate
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Third-party status gets further revision
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Need grows for research compliance programs
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Academic medical facilities falling under federal scrutiny
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One-page checklist saves time for IRB staff
Investigators and student researchers repeatedly called the IRB at the University of the Incarnate Word, asking the same questions, and IRB reviewers complained of continually seeing the same mistakes. Clearly, it was time to make IRB office system and procedural changes. -
Comparing two studies: A painful balancing act
In trying to replicate the Milgram obedience experiments, social psychologist Jerry Burger had to balance the goal of getting useful results that were roughly comparable with Milgram's, while providing more protection for participants from severe stress. -
Big: National Children's Study faces full-grown questions, ethical issues
In planning the recently launched National Children's Study (NCS), researchers knew that ethical and IRB issues would be front and center. -
Informed consent flexibility needs to be taught to PIs
IRBs that deal with social-behavioral-educational research might need to give investigators who also conduct biomedical research updated information and education about how to handle informed consent. -
Software Solutions: eIRB will integrate IRB with everyone else
The IRB office at the Washington University in St. Louis, MO, (WUSTL) will soon have an electronic system that will connect the IRB submission with every other application principal investigators (PIs) need to make.