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Protecting Research Subjects and Researchers

Vol. 39, No. 6, June, 2024

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Vol. 39, No. 6, June 2024

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Excerpt from pg. 3 … IRBs To Be Evaluated On Effectiveness (#6)

We continue this month with more details on how IRBs, IRB members, and their institutions will be evaluated by federal agencies, probably in the not-too-distant future. In our opinion, now would be the best time to prepare for such evaluations, using guidances like the one we’re presenting here for relevant
information on how to face such assessments.

We resume where we left off in our presentation last month (p. 3) on the document titled “SACHRP Recommendation on GAO-23-104721, INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS: Actions Needed to Improve Federal Oversight and Examine Effectiveness.”

Of the various evaluation criteria areas listed by the SACHRP, we continue with the committee’s recommendation on how to assess IRB compliance with the Belmont Principles. Of the four assessment areas for this particular compliance criterion, we resume with “Measurability.”