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Remembering Meehl; ‘Overkill’ by IRBs
Remembering Meehl Tom Nelson Adrian College I was saddened to read about the death of Professor Paul Meehl [Observer, July 2003]. As an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota in the mid 1960s, I took
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Re: ‘Accreditation helps …’
In her article, “Accreditation helps researchers and sub-jects alike” (Observer, May 2003), Majorie A. Speers, executive director of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc., in Washington, DC, tries to make
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Accreditation Helps Researchers and Subjects Alike
One of the least understood areas of human research protection is the application of federal regulations for protecting subjects who participate in behavioral and social science research. I would like to address two widely held
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IRBs Should Not Be ‘Research Design Police’
I am deeply concerned about the letters of Christine Hansen (“Limitations of IRB Expertise,” Observer, April 2002) and Harold Stanislaw (“IRBs Must Understand Psychological Science,” Observer, April 2002) to a letter by John Furedy (“IRBs
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ABCs of IRBs
Human Subject Protection: IRBs Made (The Big) Easy! Hosted by: Jeffery Cohen, Office of Human Research Protections and Barbara Spellman, University of Virginia Jeffery Cohen, federal Office for Human Research Protections, addresses the issues of
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Behavioral Science Working Group Looks at IRB Regulations
Related Items Protection Money: Human Subjects Research Legislation October 2001Reviewing for Risk: What’s the Evidence That It Works? September 2001 Regulatory Changes Affecting IRBs and Researchers September 2001 Got the IRB Blues? Some Things You
