Sham controls can be integral to CV device trials, providing a unique way to overcome the placebo effect, but they also present an ethical minefield of concerns that merit close consideration, a new ...

Use of the revised definition of “research,” which deems four categories of activities as not research (certain journalistic, public health surveillance, and criminal justice or intelligence ...

Achieve a deeper understanding of human experiences by deploying the creative practices in research. Here’s how ...

Requests for the establishment of Research Faculty positions normally originate within one of two units: a college (including departments/schools and centers/institutes housed in colleges) that ...

A common in vitro fertilization procedure offered to patients with the promise of increasing their likelihood of successful pregnancy actually does not improve healthy patients’ chances of going home ...

Federal regulations at 45 CFR 46.102 item (j), define minimal risk as "... the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated in the research are not greater in and of themselves than ...

Recruitment is generally the first contact between researchers and prospective participants (whether through paper-based or online announcements, media communications, or face-to-face interactions) ...

Information related to the IRB submission process. The UB IRB has updated the HRP-503 Template Protocol (IRB Version: JAN2016). All new studies submitted on or after April 1, 2016 must be submitted ...

The HRPP implements policies and guidelines regarding Human Subject Research (HSR) at Michigan Tech. The HRPP uses the narrow federal definition of human subjects research when determining whether or ...