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Views and Experiences of IRBs Concerning Research Integrity

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dc.creator Klitzman, Robert
dc.date 2011-09
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-20T07:23:37Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-20T07:23:37Z
dc.identifier doi:10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00618.x
dc.identifier The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2011 Fall; 39(3): 513-28
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dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00618.x
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1015673
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/117562
dc.description Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) can play vital roles in observing, monitoring, and responding to research integrity (RI) issues among researchers, yet many questions remain concerning whether, when, and in what ways these boards adopt these roles. I contacted 60 IRBs (every fourth one in the list of the top 240 institutions by NIH funding), and interviewed leaders from 34 (response rate=55%), and an additional 12 members and administrators. IRBs become involved in a variety of RI problems, broadly defined, and face challenges in deciding how and when to do so. IRBs vary in how they define, discover, and respond to RI problems, and interact with other institutional offices concerning these issues; and what types of RI violations they encountered. While many institutions establish separate Compliance Offices, the boundaries and relationships between these entities and IRBs vary; and many IRBs discover and monitor RI violations, and struggle with how to respond. Larger questions arise of how IRBs decide whether to trust vs. closely monitor individual PIs. IRBs' roles are often indirect, and not fully systematic, raising questions of whether these functions should be enhanced, and if so, to what degree, and how. These areas require heightened investigation and discussion.
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dc.language en
dc.source eweb:340683
dc.subject Administrators
dc.subject Institutional Review Boards
dc.subject Research
dc.subject Researchers
dc.subject Review
dc.subject Trust
dc.subject Human Experimentation Policy Guidelines / Institutional Review Boards
dc.subject Scientific Research Ethics
dc.title Views and Experiences of IRBs Concerning Research Integrity
dc.DataProvider Georgetown University Library


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