Researchers should be free to pursue lines of inquiry and the communication of knowledge and ideas without fear of repression or censorship. At the same time, they have the ethical obligation to ...

Many biomedical and social-behavioral research studies require the participation of human volunteers. These studies must be reviewed by a committee called an Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB ...

Late last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly introduced a regulation that may be one of the most important shifts in how non-profit and for-profit U.S. institutions, both at ...

New drug approvals by Health Canada are based on the results of clinical trials. But before clinical trials can go ahead, ...

Eberts serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit 1Day Sooner. Fisher is a professor of social medicine at the University of North Carolina Center for Bioethics. For decades, the consensus ...

Welcome to CU Boulder's Institutional Review Board (IRB) website. Here, you will find everything you need to submit a human subjects research study for ethical review.

Below is a list of guidance/policies developed by the W&M IRB. To find specific guidance, you can use the "control F" (Dell computers) or "command F" (Mac computers) feature on your computer to search ...

The rise in virtual research since the COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for researchers to expand and diversify ...

Investigators and study staff should be qualified by training and experience for their roles and responsibilities in conducting research so that they follow the protocol and abide by all applicable ...

Pritchard worked in the Office for Human Research Protections for 20 years and retired as the senior adviser to the director of OHRP in 2024. Deciding whether to participate in a clinical research ...