Ethics & Human Research
- Ethics & Human Research
IRB Decision-Making about Minimal Risk Research with Pregnant Participants
September-October 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchPregnant individuals are often excluded from research without clear justification, even when the researchposes minimal risk of harm to the fetus. Little is known about institutional review board (IRB) decision-making practiceswhen reviewing such research. We conducted a survey of current and former ...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Creating a Research Ethics Consultation Service: Issues to Consider
September-October 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchThis article provides pragmatic advice for organizations interested in creating a research ethics consultation service (RECS). A robust RECS has the potential to build capacity among investigators to identify and consider the ethical issues they encounter while conducting their research. Determining...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Making Metrics Meaningful: How Human Research Protection Programs Can Efficiently and Effectively Use Their Data
September-October 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchHuman research protection programs (HRPP) generate an abundance of data on performance, capacity, and compliance. When used effectively, this information can be instrumental in helping HRPPs meet programmatic and institutional goals, demonstrate growth and success, and improve the HRPP overall. Metr...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Opt-Out Design for an Observational Toxicology Study Involving Intoxicated Patients at a Dance Music Event
September-October 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAt electronic dance music events in Belgium in 2013 to 2015, seemingly intoxicated patients were included without their informed consent in an observational toxicology study when the attending physicians determined that they needed treatment with an intravenous line. All included patients received a...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
A Call for Better, Not Faster, Research Ethics Committee Reviews in the Covid-19 Era
September-October 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchWith the rapid spread of SARS-CoV2 has come a rapid proliferation of clinical research studies, resulting in considerable strain on research ethics committees (RECS), which need to review study proposals. RECs are pressured to move through the review process quickly so that studies can get underway ...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Developing Biopsychosocial Research on Maternal Mental Health in Malawi: Community Perspectives and Concerns
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Interest in maternal mental health research is growing around the world. Maternal mental health research studies in Malawi have, for instance, sought to determine and establish the incidence and prevalence of depression and anxiety in pregnant people and the factors that contribute to expe...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
An Argument for Reinterpreting the Benign Behavioral Intervention Exemption
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Recent changes to the Common Rule have helped reduce regulatory burden on researchers conducting minimal risk research. However, in this paper, I propose a way of minimizing burden further within the existing confines of the current regulations. I focus my discussion on the newly created â...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
The Inevitability and Ethics of Inaccurate Screening in Clinical Trials: A Call for Research and Guidance
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Accurate screening of potential research participants is vital to ensuring the scientific, regulatory, and ethical appropriateness of clinical trials. Yet there are no definitive screening tests for many conditions, and many screening tests, even when implemented correctly, yield some inac...Read the Post
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Ethics & Human Research (formerly IRB: Ethics & Human Research) aims to foster critical analysis of issues in science and health care that have implications for human biomedical and behavioral research, including developments that bring new challenges to existing ethical, regulatory, and policy frameworks governing research with humans in the United States and elsewhere. Six issues are published each year, containing an assortment of commentaries, case studies, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, and book reviews.
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Laura Beskow, PhD, MPH Vanderbilt University Barbara Bierer, MD Harvard University Alex Capron, LLB University of Southern California Stephanie Solomon Cargill, PhD St. Louis University Rebecca S. Dresser, JD, MS Washington University in St. Louis Carl Elliott, MD, PhD University of Minnesota Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE University of Pennsylvania Joseph J. Fins, MD Weill Cornell Medical College Paul Ford, PhD Cleveland Clinic Cristine Grady, MSN, PhD National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Steven Joffe, MD, MPH University of Pennsylvania Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD McGill University Nancy M. P. King, JD Wake Forest University Susan Lederer, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Alex John London, PhD Carnegie Mellon University Suzanne Rivera, PhD, MSW Case Western Reserve University Mark A. Rothstein, JD University of Louisville Laura Stark, PhD Vanderbilt University Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA Johns Hopkins University Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD Seattle Children’s Research Institute |
ISSN 2578-2355 print; ISSN 2578-2363 online
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