Friday, September 23, 2005
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Rodbell Auditorium
111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709
Co-sponsors:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Duke University, Center for Genetics, Ethics, Law and Policy
Duke University, Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and the Humanities
Copernicus Group IRB
Research Triangle Institute
Family Health International
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
Overview
Research on human subjects raises many controversial ethical and legal questions and poses difficult challenges for investigators, IRB members, and institutions. This conference will address emerging issues in research with human subjects, such as the definition of research, best practices for obtaining informed consent, payment to research subjects, pesticide research on human subjects, and research on human biological materials. Several nationally known speakers will give lectures at this conference, which will include cases studies and a panel discussion.
Who Should Attend
Investigators conducting biomedical or behavioral research on human subjects, IRB members, IRB administrators, ethicists, attorneys.
Registration
Registration for this conference is free and open to the public, but enrollment is limited to 150.
Contact
For more information, contact Keith Moore, 919-541-3822, moorek2@niehs.nih.gov.
Conference Photographs
Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhD, IRB Chair, NIEHS/NIH/DHHS
David Resnik, JD, PhD, Bioethicist and IRB Vice Chair, NIEHS/NIH/DHHS
Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MA, MPH, Johns Hopkins University
Haavi Morreim, PhD, University of Tennessee Medical Center
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