IRB Advisor – December 1, 2017
December 1, 2017
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IRBs Must Prepare for Studies Involving Transgender Populations
The transgender population has situational vulnerability that should be taken into account when IRBs review studies enrolling these individuals.
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De-identifying Data in Qualitative Research Is Complex, Time-consuming
One of the more complicated issues social, behavioral, and education research investigators and IRBs might consider involves how to de-identify data for use in qualitative studies.
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Finding a Path to Informed Consent for the Addicted
As an opioid epidemic ravages the country, a cutting-edge question on the frontier of neuroscience is: Can addiction be blocked in the brain? Even if it could, the question for IRBs will immediately be: Can an addict give informed consent?
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Informed Consent Conundrum: Making the Complex Concise
New language regarding informed consent in the revised Common Rule seems benign enough at first reading, but actually accomplishing the directives in a scientifically valid manner is a formidable undertaking.
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PRIM&R Finds Itself Caught in State Travel Ban Controversy
The 2017 PRIM&R conference was scheduled for November in San Antonio, TX. All was well until the Texas legislature passed legislation in May 2017 that allows adoption providers to turn away potential parents, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and others, based on the adoption providers’ religious beliefs.
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Are Organ Transplant Recipients in a Trial Protocol Considered Research Subjects?
Research protocols to extend the viability period of transplant organs are of great interest, but does that mean organ recipients must give informed consent as research subjects? Here we enter an ethical impasse, that if adequately resolved could increase the supply of organs for transplant.