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IRB Advisor: What are some the latest issues and things discussed and decided by SACHRP?
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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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When IRBs encounter ethnography proposals, their concerns--and requests for change--tend to fall into a few key areas.
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As the debate continues over whether journalists in academic settings are subject to IRB oversight, a newspaper journalist has taken the unusual step of voluntarily seeking out IRB review of his work.
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An anonymous survey of principal investigators (PIs) suggests that IRBs that are heavy-handed with research protocols might unwittingly encourage deceit among researchers.
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IRBs often err too much on the side of caution, creating a situation in which investigators do not trust their judgment and doubt their fairness, an expert says.
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A new approach to informed consent currently being developed at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital could greatly improve the way in which patients and their families learn about complicated protocols, says the physician who is leading the development team.
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Register now for Duke OHRP conference; AAHRPP accredits its first international site
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In their zeal to protect research participants from undue risk, are IRBs actually making them more vulnerable, by causing frustrated researchers to circumvent the IRB system?
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As IRBs work to ensure that women are fairly represented in clinical research, results from a new survey provide a disquieting message: More older women are uninterested in research and don't believe in participating.
