NATIONAL HUMAN SUBJECT PROTECTIONS WORKSHOPS 

NIH GUIDE, Volume 26, Number 1, January 10, 1997

 

P.T. 42



Keywords:

  Human Subjects Policy 

 

National Institutes of Health

Food and Drug Administration

 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) are continuing to sponsor a series of workshops

on responsibilities of researchers, Institutional Review Boards

(IRBs), and institutional officials for the protection of human

subjects in research.  The workshops are open to everyone with an

interest in research involving human subjects.  The meetings should

be of special interest to those persons currently serving or about to

begin serving as a member of an IRB.  Issues discussed at these

workshops are relevant to all other Public Health Service agencies.

The current schedule includes the following:

 

DATES:  January 20-21, 1997

 

TITLE:  Challenges for Today's IRBs:  Protection of Human Subjects in

Research

 

LOCATION:  Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, AZ, Telephone (602) 894-

1400

 

SPONSORS:  Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Samaritan Health

System, Tempe, AZ

 

REGISTRATION

Ms. Carol Jablonski

Coordinator of Regulatory Affairs

Office of Human Research Administration

Arizona State University

Box 878206

Tempe, AZ  85287-8206

Telephone:  (602) 965-6788

 

REGISTRATION FEE:  $175

 

DESCRIPTION:  This program is a practical working session to explore

contemporary issues in human subjects protection including emergency

research, human genome research, uses of special populations,

compensation to subjects and finder's fees, certificates of

confidentiality, ethical and legal concerns, and conflict of interest

and related issues.  An outstanding faculty will present topics from

the perspective of the clinical researcher or the behavioral and

social science research as appropriate.  Sessions will provide a

panel format with ample time for audience questions and discussion.

This program will be of interest to researchers in clinical medicine

and the behavioral and social sciences, Institutional Review Board

members, university and hospital administrators, lawyers, ethicists,

health care practitioners, students, and other persons with interests

in human subject protection issues.

 

DATES:  February 28 - March 1, 1997

 

TITLE:  Contemporary Issues Involving Risk/Benefit Issues in Research

 

LOCATION:  Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 500 Poydras Plaza, New Orleans,

LA  70112, Telephone (504) 561-1234

 

SPONSORS:  Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA;

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

 

REGISTRATION

Tulane University Medical Center

Continuing Medical Education

1430 Tulane Avenue

New Orleans, LA  70112

Telephone:  (504) 584-2665

FAX:  (504) 586-3892

 

REGISTRATION FEE:  $175

 

DESCRIPTION:  This program is a practical working session to explore

issues in human subjects protection related to the following topics:

OPRR Regulatory Update; FDA Regulatory Update; The Need for

Minorities and Women in Clinical Trails; Ethical and Legal Problems

in Socially Sensitive Research; Research on Genetic Markers of

Disease:  Who Has a Right to Know?; Protecting Human Subjects -- A

Historical Perspective; Risk/Benefit Issues in Children and

Adolescents; Risk/Benefit Issues Involving Alcoholics and Drug

Addicts; and Issues in Mental Illness and Health Research.  An

outstanding faculty will present topics from the perspective of the

health researcher and the health practitioner.  Sessions will provide

a panel format with ample time for audience questions and discussion.

 

This program will be of interest to researchers, Institutional Review

Board members, university and hospital administrators, lawyers,

ethicists, health care practitioners, students, and other persons

with interests in human subject protection issues.

 

DATES:  April 10-11, 1997

 

TITLE:  Science to Practice:  The Role of Research in Public Health

 

LOCATION:  The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, 1440

Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA  30322

 

SPONSORS:  Emory University - School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA;

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

 

REGISTRATION:  Emory University School of Medicine

Continuing Medical Education

1462 Clifton Road, NE, Suite 276

Atlanta, GA  30322

Telephone:  (404) 727-5695

FAX:  (404) 727-5667

 

REGISTRATION FEE:  $75

 

DESCRIPTION:  This program is a practical working session to explore

issues in human subjects protection related to public health

including surveillance, emergency responses, community-based research

and international research.  An outstanding faculty will present

topics from the perspective of the public health researcher and the

public health practitioner.  Sessions will provide a panel format

with ample time for audience questions and discussion.

 

This program will be of interest to researchers in public health,

epidemiology, health education, and the behavioral and social

sciences, Institutional Review Board members, university and hospital

administrators, lawyers, ethicists, health care practitioners,

students, and other persons with interests in human subject

protection issues.

 

INQUIRIES

 

For further information regarding these workshops or future NIH/FDA

National Human Subject Protections Workshops, contact:

 

Ms. Darlene Marie Ross

Office for Protection from Research Risks

Office of Extramural Research

6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite 3B01

Rockville, MD  20892-7507

Telephone:  (301) 496-8101 x233

FAX:  (301) 402-0527

Email:  RossD@od6100m1.od.nih.gov

 

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