IRB Advisor – June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
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As Internet-based research evolves, IRBs and PIs need updated guidance
As Internet use has exploded worldwide, so has Web-based research. Between 2004 and 2009, the number of web-based research studies published in the American Psychological Association's (APA) Journal of Personality and Social Psychology rose by more than 500%. -
UCBerkeley's Web-based guidance focuses on IC issues
The University of CaliforniaBerkeley's office for the protection of human subjects has developed new guidance for investigators involved in Web-based research. One of the main sections of the guidance involves informed consent issues. -
IRB is leader in developing multisite research tools
With federal regulators shifting toward policies that would facilitate more central IRBs for multisite research, human subjects research protection offices need to take note and develop guidelines and tools for handling shared IRB responsibilities in multisite trials, an expert says. -
Sample items from UW-Madison's checklist
IRBs and investigators sometimes waste time on unnecessary IRB submissions. A simple initial review triage checklist can eliminate this problem, one IRB has discovered. -
Neurology research network starts IRB review
As IRBs continue to contemplate various models of centralized review for multisite studies, projects have begun to pop up, trying out these models. -
Report shows challenges of international research
As institutions seek to expand their international research portfolios, IRBs face increasing challenges differing regulations in different countries, cultural distinctions that may lead to unexpected risks and the difficulties of oversight at such a distance. -
Improving oversight of international studies
The report prepared for the University of Michigan about international research conducted there lays out a series of recommendations that can aid other institutions' investigators and IRBs. -
Plan helps certify dbGaP studies for NIH
When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its policy regarding data sharing for NIH-supported genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in 2007, officials at the University of Washington in Seattle knew it would have an effect on their operations.