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Its a staple of undergraduate psychology studies the research requirement, in which students agree to sign up for surveys and other low-risk psychology research activities in exchange for academic credit.
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Amid growing concern that terrorists may strike with a nuclear weapon instead of a biological one, the government is fast-tracking programs to develop medical countermeasures against radiological and nuclear threats.
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Experts say there may be some opportunities missed in research with pregnant women. Despite some concerted government efforts that have succeeded in increasing research in this area, major industry sponsors shy away from this population.
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When IRBs review protocols involving social-behavioral research, it's a good idea to define what IRB members believe are reasonable protections.
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Every research institution wants to know that its participants have made a fully informed, unpressured decision to enroll in research. But, often, that basic question is hard to determine.
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While IRBS wait to learn the final outcome of the federal government's review of regulations for research involving prisoners, there are steps they can take right now to improve the review of these types of studies, say experts in the field.
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The world of a prisoner in a correctional institution is all about control, or the lack of it. The time you wake up, when you eat, where you go, whom you speak to all is controlled by officers.
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When IRBs encounter ethnography proposals, their concerns--and requests for change--tend to fall into a few key areas.
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When an IRB considers a proposed study, the devil is in the details: Exactly what are you studying? Exactly how? Who will participate? When? For how long?
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IRB Advisor: What are some the latest issues and things discussed and decided by SACHRP?