by Royell Sullivan, Institutional Review Board (IRB) Education Specialist at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine
On Wednesday, I attended session D5, How to Grow Your IRB Career: Professional Development and Networking, presented by Charlotte Coley, MACT, CIP; Karen Hansen; and Yvonne Higgins, CIP. I was really excited for this presentation because as a newbie in the world of human research protections, I am looking to discover what [...] Read more
by Royell Sullivan, Institutional Review Board (IRB) Education Specialist at the New York University (NYU) School of MedicineI first entered the field of human subject protections about three years ago. When I first started, I knew there was plenty of administrative work. I knew there were top-secret meetings that took place every two weeks. I knew that we were there to ensure the safety and protect the rights of [...] Read more
This week, we sat down with Elisa Hurley, PRIM&R’s education director and presenter of last week’s Research Ethics Beyond Respect, Beneficence, and Justice webinar. We discussed what it takes to do research ethics well, ways to become involved in human subjects protections, and key resources in the field.
Alexandra Shlimovich (AS): What does someone need to understand to do research ethics well?
Elisa Hurley (EH): I come at this question from the perspective of someone who teaches research ethics, and not [...] Read more
by Avery Avrakotos, Education and Policy Coordinator
Preparations for the 2012 Advancing Ethical Research (AER) Conference are gearing up, and I, for one, am getting excited about the annual poster presentations. To channel my excitement, I reached out to past presenter Brandon Brown to see how his work has progressed since he shared his poster at the 2011 AER Conference. 
