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8
Mar2016

Webinar Follow-Up: Big Data: Practical Solutions to Emerging Challenges for IRBs

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8 Mar
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I was quite excited to find out about the Big Data: Practical Solutions to Emerging Challenges for Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) webinar offered by PRIM&R. We are in the process of revising the section of our IRB application that deals with data security at my institution, and much of the data we work with certainly fits at least one of the 12 definitions of big data noted in this article that was provided as a background resource by the presenters. Our application revision process has raised many questions: What is the exact scope of the IRB’s responsibility for ensuring researchers’ responsible use of big data? How do we anticipate potential risks, and how do we convey these risks to researchers who may not initially see the potential harms that could arise from lack of attentiveness to ethical use of data? Read more

13
Jan2016

Webinar Follow-Up: IRB Review of mHealth Research

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13 Jan
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Recently, PRIM&R hosted a webinar titled Institutional Review Board (IRB) Review of mHealth Research: Best Practices and Future Challenges , presented by John Wilbanks and Jeremy Block, PhD, MPP.

In recent years, digital and mobile health (mHealth) technologies have increased dramatically with the proliferation of smartphones, apps, and wearable data devices where users generate data. Rapid, widespread collection of personal health data from a broad cross-section of individuals is now possible on a scale unthinkable only a few years ago. As our society as a whole and the research community adopts these technologies, IRBs need to anticipate and address the challenges in achieving compliance and protecting human [...] Read more

30
Nov2015

Webinar Follow-Up: Health Literacy – Fostering Comprehension in Research and Clinical Care

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30 Nov
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Health literacy is defined as "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions." Do you and your researchers do your part to improve communication practices to optimize participant comprehension?

Recently, PRIM&R hosted a webinar titled Health Literacy: Fostering Comprehension in Research and Clinical Care, presented by Cynthia Baur, PhD, senior advisor for health literacy and the senior official for the Plain Writing Act, Office of the Associate Director for Communication, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Laurie Myers, MBA, health literacy [...] Read more

10
Nov2015

Webinar Follow-Up: IRB Oversight and FDA Review of Studies that Include IVDs

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10 Nov
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On May 14, PRIM&R hosted a webinar titled IRB Oversight and FDA Review of Studies that Include In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs), presented by Jonathan M. Green, MD, professor of medicine, pathology, and immunology, associate dean for human studies, and executive chair of the institutional review board (IRB) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, and E. David Litwack, PhD, personalized medicine staff at the Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

At the conclusion of the webinar, Dr. Green and Dr. Litwack shared additional insight in response to questions from webinar attendees, and [...] Read more

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