During the first day of the 2019 Advancing Ethical Research Conference, I had the good fortune of hearing Janine Austin Clayton, MD, from the Office of Research on Women's Health, an NIH organization that was created with the goal of finding answers on why certain diseases affect women more than men. The data she shared on health gaps between men and women should spark a fire in all of us to encourage our government and employers to do more. Read more
Researchers at the University of Toledo invite researchers, IRB members, and research compliance staff to participate in a short survey on procedural changes implemented by HRPPs and IRBs throughout the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Is your IRB reviewing research or expanded access requests related to COVID-19? If so, our team of NIH-funded researchers at Washington University in St. Louis wants to learn about your IRB experiences reviewing and overseeing COVID-19 research and expanded access requests. Read more
This week’s Research Ethics Roundup covers ClinicalTrials.gov reporting, animal researchers scrambling to deal with paused research, funders’ responses to COVID-19, and a novel form of being that challenges the computer-animal barrier. Read more
PRIM&R is generally very pleased with the breadth and aims of the framework. The framework’s third objective, which emphasizes integrity, accountability, and social responsibility in the conduct of science, demonstrates NIH’s clear commitment to the idea that good science is responsible science. Read more
