Greater Than Minimal Risk

Everyone agrees--IRB members, investigators, administrators: It is not satisfying to delay research. So why do we? Investigators Either lack...

Dear Dr. X, I am sorry it has taken over 5 weeks for you to receive your letter from the IRB. What's more, your response, whenever you a...

I have not been able to write recently for the simple reason that the IRB has been as busy as ever. We lost a number of high level staff in ...

If genetic analyses will be performed, I suggest you address the following in the cover letter and clarify these issues in the revised IRB a...

Understaffed and overworked...welcome to any IRB in the country.

Deferred is a categorization which an IRB gives a study after it has been reviewed by the Board and found to have significantly unclear or m...

The New York Times is reporting that placebos which cost $2.50 are more effective than the $0.10 version. Yes, this is ridiculous but impor...