IRB Advisor – August 1, 2011
August 1, 2011
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Use experts wisely to improve IRB review time, efficiency, and quality
Major research institutions can improve their IRBs' efficiency and protocol review quality by making the best use of a resource they have in abundance: expert professors and scientists. -
Cancer protocol IRB has streamlined reviews
An IRB dedicated to handling cancer research has shown benefits in efficiency and expertise when such a specialty IRB model is employed. -
IRB offices need to plan for when boss leaves
All IRBs and IRB offices need to set up succession plans to ensure continuity in the event the IRB director or chair leave abruptly. -
Challenges of community engaged MH research
Applying community engagement to mental health research can help researchers about design studies that incorporate the priorities of people with mental illness and arrive at the best strategies for working with them. -
High schoolers getting schooled in protections
As high school students get exposed to more sophisticated science and health programs, some are also having their first encounters with human subjects protection issues. -
Pediatric pain trials beget novel approaches
Researchers say there need to be more clinical trials examining the safety and effectiveness of pain medications used with children, which are too often administered based on information from adult trials. -
Ethics office supports community researchers
Seeing a need for ethics guidance for local groups attempting to conduct community-based research, an organization in Kitchener, Ontario, has created an independent Community Research Ethics Office (CREO).