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IRB Manager Offers Tips on Improving Office Operations
The work pace is speeding up, and it’s not just IRBs — although IRB directors are noticing the effect of having more demands on existing staff. This is a challenge IRB managers can meet by improving their office workflow and operational efficiency.
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IRB Coordinators Can Get a Lot Done in a 30-minute Sit-down
The IRB of Oregon State University has found that short, in-person meetings with researchers can result in greater communication, collaboration, and efficiency.
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Olympic Athletes, Staff Enrolled in Zika Virus Study
In an ongoing study of 1,000 U.S. athletes, coaches, and staff that recently traveled to Brazil for the Olympic Games, researchers are performing antibody testing to see if any acquired Zika virus.
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The How and Why of Returning Study Results
Returning a layperson summary of study results to research volunteers is the right thing to do that also could benefit the research community, several human research protection experts say.
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EU’s Requirements for Returning Trial Results
The EU’s European Clinical Trial Regulation requires clinical trial sponsors to create layperson-friendly content for the summary of results.
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EU Will Require More Clinical Trial Transparency — Will U.S. Be Next?
The European Union soon will require investigators to give people the kind of transparent, easy-to-access clinical trials information they’ve been conditioned to expect in the age of Google.
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Another Call for Transparency in Clinical Trials
The demand for clinical trial transparency and research results continues to gain momentum, as it was recently reported that almost half of the data from randomized clinical trials from four sponsors registered at ClinicalTrials.gov were not available to researchers.
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Report: Socioeconomic Factors Undercut Participation in Internet Studies
Launched by the federal government last year, the Precision Medicine Initiative is a disease prevention and treatment model that is envisioned as linking access to genetic information with the expanding reach of the internet to form research “cohorts” of racially and socially diverse subjects.
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Governor Signs Off on State Law Requiring Oversight of UM Psych Drug Research
Culminating a turbulent saga that began with the suicide of a research subject more than a decade ago, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed into law a bill that gives the state unprecedented control and oversight of psychiatric drug research at the University of Minnesota.
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Educating IRB Members in 10 Hours or More
A common challenge for IRBs is educating board members who come from a variety of backgrounds and levels of experience.