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Workgroups Established to Address Regulatory Burdens

Four workgroups have been established within the Peer Review Oversight Group/Regulatory Burden Advisory Group to address major current issues of increasing regulatory burden. Those workgroups will address:

  1. Institutional Conflicts of Interest (Chair, Dr. Arnold Smith, University of Missouri)


  2. The Collective Effects of Increasing Regulations and Compensation for the Costs of Compliance (Chair, Dr. Robert Rich, Emory University)


  3. Human Subjects Protections and IRBs (Chair, Ms. Ada Sue Selwitz, University of Kentucky)


  4. Animal Welfare Issues (Chair, Dr. Janet Greger, University of Wisconsin)

Periodic reports on their progress will appear on this web site.