Human Research Protections & Institutional Review Boards
Penalties for Student Research Participants Failing to Show Up for Studies?
Resources
Office for Human Research Protections
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
- A nonprofit organization that offers accreditation to institutions engaged in research involving human participants.
Moving Forward with IRBs: Best Practices
At the APS 20th Annual Convention, veteran psychological scientists who are experts in all things IRB came together for a symposium on best practices. See the Powerpoint presentations by Bennett Bertenthal, Roxane Cohen Silver, and Workshop in Human Research Protections for Behavioral and Psychological Scientists
The APS 15th Annual Convention featured a Workshop in Human Research Protections for Behavioral and Psychological Scientists. This day-long course addressed human research protection issues in the design, implementation, and review of research in the social sciences, with a special emphasis on research unique to behavioral and psychological scientists.
View the workshop PowerPoint presentations
Observer Features
Penalties for Student Research Participants Failing to Show Up for Studies? [2010]
Federal Perspectives on Research and Human Subjects Protection [2009]
Moving Forward with IRBs: Best Practices [2008]
Assessing Trauma and its Effects Without Distress: A Guide to Working with IRBs [2008]
Talking with Your IRBs About Risk: Show Them the Data [2008]
Replicating Milgram [2007]
IRBs: Navigating the Maze [2007]
Could Reality Shows Become Reality Experiments? Which reality shows would pass an IRB? [2005]
Navigating Your First IRB Review Tips on how students can mentally and physically prepare for an IRB review. [2004]
Informed Consent and Consent Forms for Research Participants An informative breakdown of Institutional Review Board do’s and don’ts. [2004]
‘Overkill’ by IRBs John Mueller discusses IRBs, regulatory representative George Popisil, and the concept of “zero risk” in the bioethics industry. [2003]
Accreditation Helps Researchers and Subjects Alike Majorie Speers addresses some misunderstood aspects of federal regulations for human research subject protection. [2003]
Coping With IRBs: A Guide for the Bureaucratically Challenged Barry Collins offers insider wisdom on when to fight and what to live with in IRBs. [2002]
State Laws on Human Research Subjects With the recent addition of Maryland, four states now have laws pertaining to human research subject. [2002]
ABCs of IRBs [2002]
