IRB Advisor – December 1, 2016
December 1, 2016
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NIH Designates LGBT Community as Health Disparity Group
The National Institutes of Health’s recent decision to designate sexual and gender minorities as a “disparity” population for research purposes was welcomed by researchers and advocates for the LGBT community.
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AAMC Official Discusses Implications of Laws that Target Fetal Tissue Research
Research involving fetal tissue increasingly could be affected by new state regulations.
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Research Institution Works With Native American Tribes to Streamline IRB Review
The Havasupai Tribe’s 1994 lawsuit against Arizona State University researchers and the institution illustrated some of the particular problems and challenges related to research involving Native American tribes.
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Sample Checklist from Tribal IRB Toolkit
The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health Tribal IRB Toolkit contains 101 pages, covering all aspects of initiating and running an IRB.
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When IRBs Take a Walk on the Wild Side: The Dark Web
What many IRBs might not know is that researchers increasingly are turning to the “dark web” for data.
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Vandy-Duke Research Partnership to Put Clinical Trials on Fast Track
Two venerable research institutions are collaborating in a far-reaching partnership that aims to safely speed research, translating trial results to patient interventions in more expedited fashion.