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Shaking the IRB Foundation
“I think the local IRB has seen its day."
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IRB newsletter gives visually appealing info and updates
The Emory University IRB sends out a monthly newsletter updating IRB members about educational opportunities, new tools for review, regulatory and policy updates, and other news.
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Variety of strategies needed to educate IRB members & chairs
Human research protection rules and regulations evolve and change, and it’s difficult for even the most experienced IRB members and chairs to keep up with them.
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The doc who kicked the hornet’s nest: Is conflict of interest overkill stalling medical advances?
Lisa Rosenbaum, MD, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, caused quite a stir earlier this year when she challenged medical orthodoxy in writing a three-part series on conflict of interest issues.
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Research noncompliance is a problem of system failure
Every IRB and research organization should view research noncompliance as systems failures that need to be dealt with professionally, consistently, and transparently, according to an IRB expert.
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Verbal consent and decision tree assist research community
As informed consent and IRB work evolve, new tools can help ease the transformation.
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ANPRM Update
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking at press time in the Office of the Federal Register.
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AllTrials launches U.S. campaign, demands clinical trial data release
Originally founded in the UK, the AllTrials Campaign have brought their crusade for clinical trial transparency to the United States.
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Coping with unexpected risks in SBER studies
Social, behavioral, and educational research studies can sometimes reveal risks that are unanticipated and unimagined. Handling informed consent for these studies requires an IRB and research team to be flexible and able to adjust quickly as issues arise.
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Training research participants to become research assistants
One emerging trend in social-behavioral research studies involves the use of peer researchers to better engage a particular community or vulnerable population.