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• Federal sequestration

Universities, desperate to fight ‘sequestration’ of research funds, embrace a corporate ally

• Confidentiality and Electronic Surveys: How IRBs Address Ethical and Technical Issues

• Forgoing Debriefing in Deceptive Research: Is It Ever Ethical?

• IU pulls the plug on Kinsey app to research sexual behaviors worldwide 

• Research Participation as Work: Comparing the Perspectives of Researchers and Economically Marginalized Populations

• Government panel updating rules for online research 

• Community research partnerships: Underappreciated challenges, unrealized opportunities

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• Ethical Considerations

Review what was done, not what was proposed

Is there an objective way to compare research risks?

• Harvard-affiliated aging research center must explain hip-fracture risk to study participants

The Boston Globe reports: "A research team led by a Harvard doctor has been ordered by federal health regulators to more clearly explain to elderly nursing home residents the serious risks they faced during a study testing how to prevent hip fractures."

• IRB Review Times as a Quality Indicator

AAHRPP Newsletter

• National Institutes of Health launches first online genetics course for social and behavioral scientists

• Legal Battle over Oral History Records 

Why Federal Certificates of Confidentiality are important

• NIH Suspends New Funding for Biomedical and Behavioral Research using Chimps

NIH Press Release

NY Times article

• President’s Bioethics Commission Releases Report on Human Subjects Protection: Current regulations are robust, but should be improved.

Human Subjects Protection Report