Ethics & Human Research
- Ethics & Human Research
Thought Leader Comparisons of Risks in Precision Medicine Research
November-December 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchBiomedical research is increasingly capitalizing on an array of data to illuminate the interplay between “omics,” lifestyle, and health. Leveraging this information presents opportunities to advance knowledge but also poses risks to research participants. In interviews with thought leaders, we a...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Ethical Considerations When Using a Mobile Eye Tracker in a Patient-Facing Area: Lessons from an Intensive Care Unit Observational Protocol
November-December 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchThis article describes the process of designing, approving, and conducting an investigator-initiated protocol to use an eye-tracking device in a health care setting. Participants wore the device, similar to eyeglasses, in a front-facing manner in an intensive care unit for the study of personnel gaz...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Benefit Sharing for Human Genomics Research: Awareness and Expectations of Genomics Researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa
November-December 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchBenefit sharing is an ethical issue that underscores the need to find a balance between access to genetic resources and the provision of fair benefits in exchange for access. The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is one of the few initiatives to have engaged with the topic of benefit sharing in human...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Loopholes in the Research Ethics System? Informed Consent Waivers in Cluster Randomized Trials with Individual-Level Intervention
November-December 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchIndividual-cluster trials randomize groups of individuals but deliver study interventions directly to individual participants. We examine three arguments that might justify the perception that the bar for a waiver of consent should be lower in such trials than for individually randomized trials. We ...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Ethical and Practical Concerns about IRB Restrictions on the Use of Research Data
November-December 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchIn response to researcher noncompliance with ethical and regulatory provisions governing research with hu-mans, protocol deviations, and unanticipated problems with research, institutional review boards (IRBs) or institutions sometimes impose restrictions on the use of research data, although specif...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Equitably Sharing the Benefits and Burdens of Research: Covid‐19 Raises the Stakes
September-October 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchOne of the central principles of research ethics is that the benefits and burdens of research with human participants should be equitably distributed. This principle has important implications for where research will be conducted, how participants will be recruited, what questions will be investigat...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Person-Oriented Research Ethics to Address the Needs of Participants on the Autism Spectrum
September-October 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchResearch ethics scholarship often attends to vulnerability. People with autism may be vulnerable in research, but are also vulnerable to unjust exclusion from participation. Addressing the needs of participants with autism can facilitate inclusion and honor the bioethics principle of respect for per...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Ethical and Regulatory Concerns in Pragmatic Clinical Trial Monitoring and Oversight
September-October 2020
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchThe implementation of pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) can be accompanied by unique regulatory challenges. In this paper, we describe the experience and management of regulatory noncompliance during a 25-site acute care PCT. During the trial, the study team conducted a comprehensive audit of all enr...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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Karen J. Maschke, editor
Laura Haupt, managing editor Julie Chibbaro, staff editor Nora Porter, art director |
Editorial Board
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
Publisher: Wiley