Principal Investigator Views of the IRB System

Principal Investigator Views of the IRB System

We undertook a qualitative e-mail survey of federally-funded principal investigators of their views of the US human subjects protection system, intended to identify the range of investigator attitudes. This was an exploratory study with a 14% response rate. Twenty-eight principal investigators responded; their comments were analyzed to show underlying themes, which are here presented along with...

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RECEIVED NJ COMMISSION ON SPINAL CORD RESEARCH As stated in the proposal, the broad, long-term objective of this research is to develop a force-actuating, implantable biomaterial to spur regeneration and growth of the spinal cord. Two general tissue engineering strategies have been employed in attempt to restore spinal cord function following trauma. The first and most prevalent is the developm...

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Principal Investigator: Hans van

Given my current state of knowledge, and a desirable state of knowledge, how do I get from one to the other? It is possible in principle to reach the desirable state of knowledge, i.e., does it make sense at all to start trying to obtain the desirable state? If I know it is impossible to obtain, there is no use trying. But even if I know that it is possible in principle, is there a way to appro...