The Challenges of Incorporating Research Ethics Consultation Into Institutional Human Subjects Protections Programs

Human Subjects Protections in Community-Engaged Research: A Research Ethics Framework1

IN THE 30 YEARS SINCE THE BELMONT Report, the role of the community in research has evolved and has taken on greater moral significance. Today, more and more translational research is being performed with the 1This project has been funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the Clinical and Translationa...

Human subjects protections in community-engaged research: a research ethics framework.

In the 30 years since the Belmont Report, the role of the community in research has evolved and has taken on greater moral significance. Today, more and more translational research is being performed with the active engagement of individuals and communities rather than merely upon them. This engagement requires a critical examination of the range of risks that may arise when communities become ...

360 Degrees of human subjects protections in community-engaged research.

With the introduction of the new National Institutes of Health Roadmap in 2003, there has been a growing emphasis on translational research. Translational research challenges current human subjects protections guidelines that were written in the 1970s and were focused on the protection of the individual participant in a clinical drug trial. Community engagement requires a critical examination o...

Biobanking Research and Human Subjects Protections: Perspectives of IRB Leaders.

Triggers for research ethics consultation.

Research ethics consultation services are designed to help scientists address ethical and societal issues that may not be considered in the context of existing regulatory frameworks, such as institutional review boards. Here, we identify some types of biomedical research for which the research process can benefit from consultation with ethicists.