Though your monitoring
plan has gone through peer review, you will
work with NHLBI National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NHLBI)a
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Institutes and Centers that conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research.
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Institute that provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, lung, and blood as well as blood resources, sleep disorders and the Woman's Health Initiative.
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to make the final decision about safety monitoring before you
send the protocol to your IRB Institutional Review Board (IRB)
a board or committee designated by an institution to ensure the protection of rights and welfare of human research subjects and reporting to the Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP). IRBs make ongoing independent determinations to approve, require modifications in, or disapprove research protocols based on whether human subjects are adequately protected. Also known as Research Ethics Boards (REB) or Ethics Committee (EC).
or before you begin the study. Discuss
this topic with your Program Director Program Director
staff member who oversees a scientific program and the progress of grants and contracts in a portfolio. This title is most frequently used to refer to the scientific or technical representative for grants, but the generic "program official" term also may refer to a Project Officer if the funding mechanism is a contract. Also known as Health Scientist Administrators or Program Official.
early in the process
and decide on an adequate plan. Then submit your protocol
with the data monitoring plan to your IRB for review. NHLBI
requires that your IRB approve the monitoring plan as well
as the protocol, consent forms and other documents.
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