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Pre-review Process Can Result in Satisfied Research Staff
A research institution has found that a model way to improve collaboration between research protection staff and research staff is through a study initiation program.
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ReguBingo Sample is Focused on Conflicts of Interest
The Southern California Kaiser Permanente IRB of Pasadena has created ReguBingo, a new game for IRBs to use to teach IRB members, staff, researchers and research staff, and others about human research protection regulations.
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How Can Teaching Dull Regulations Evolve into Excitement and Real Learning?
People working in human research need to be well-educated about IRBs and federal regulations, but how well are the classes really working if learners appear glassy-eyed and confused?
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New Draft Recommendations and Checklist for Written Policies
Two leading federal agencies in human research have issued draft recommendations and a user-friendly checklist to help IRBs cope with the paperwork avalanche.
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Report: NIH Clinical Center Riddled With Research Problems
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — one of the most prestigious research institutions in the world — has been rocked by an independent panel report that found glaring errors in research oversight and safety.
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Internet Research and the IRB: Change is the Constant
Like a geologist identifying strata of rock, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, describes three distinct eras of the internet as a way of coming to grips with its profound implications for human research: the Old Ways, Social Media, and Big Data.
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Smoothing the Path for an IRB of Record
As increasing numbers of IRBs are entering into central IRB agreements, there are steps they can take to better prepare, including building trust with other research organizations and IRBs, experts say.
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Will NIH Answer Concerns from IRBs, Others?
The National Institutes of Health's final policy requiring the use of a single IRB for NIH-funded, multisite research leaves IRBs and research organizations with many unanswered questions.
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NIH’s New IRB of Record Policy Guidance Coming Soon
The Final National Institute of Health Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research acknowledges that additional guidance is needed and will be issued before May 25, 2017, when the policy becomes effective.
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IRBs Have Less Than a Year to Prepare for NIH Policy
Ready or not, IRBs across the United States have only 10 months remaining to change the way they handle reviews of multisite research that is funded by the National Institutes of Health.