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Fostering IRB Collaboration for Review of International Research

Name / volume / issue

51562

Page number

3-8

Primary author

Francis Barchi, Megan Kasimatis Singleton & Jon F. Merz

Tag(s): Journal article

Abstract

This article presents a review of the literature, summarizes current initiatives, and provides a heuristic for assessing the effectiveness of a range of institutional review board (IRB) collaborative strategies that can reduce the regulatory burden of ethics review while ensuring protection of human subjects, with a particular focus on international research. Broad adoption of IRB collaborative strategies will reduce regulatory burdens posed by overlapping oversight mechanisms and has the potential to enhance human subjects protections.

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