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Perhaps the best way research enterprises can thank the volunteers who participate in studies is by sending them the study's findings in clear, simple lay terms.
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Informed consent templates are useful when an IRB office starts a new process or when there are new employees or new investigators submitting applications, but an experienced office can improve IC review quality by weaning its staff off of templates, an expert suggests.
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Non-English speakers often are under-represented in clinical trials because of the language barrier and the lack of resources to provide clear and up-to-date translations of informed consent. This leads to questions of equity, an expert notes.
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Recruiting patients in many areas of clinical trial research is a very slow process, contributing to delays in getting new treatments through the research pipeline.
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As the scrutiny and duties of IRBs steadily increase, demanding ever more time from IRB members, it has become clear to some research universities and hospitals that there should be a change in whether and how IRB members are compensated for their time.
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In this issue of IRB Advisor, we are starting a new column designed to answer reader questions. If you have questions regarding IRB responsibilities, federal regulations, adverse event reporting, day- to-day functions, anything related to clarifying the duties and responsibilities of your IRB, wed like to know.
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Current federal research regulations in the United States limit efforts to study emerging infectious diseases, and an alternative model is needed to allow a rapid response to immediate threats to public safety, a top U.S. researcher claims.
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In an ideal world, researchers working with mentally ill subjects would be able to present information about their studies in such clear, comprehensive, and organized ways that IRBs could be assured that participants know exactly what to expect.
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In the summer of 1971, Philip Zimbardo, PhD, was lead investigator on The Stanford Prison Experiment, a study designed to measure the psychological effects that imprisonment and authority would have on participants.
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Schulman Associates Institutional Review Board Inc., the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Kentucky will host a one-day conference, IRBs: The Times They Are A Changing, Sept. 19, 2003, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington.