November Newsletter

Check out our new videos in our Luminaries Lecture Series!

OHRP’s Research Community Forum co-sponsored with the University of Michigan was well attended and a great success. You can now watch the video recordings of some of the presentations delivered at the conference on OHRP’s Luminaries Lecture Series.

1. Title: Addressing Health Inequities: Bridging Science and Policy

   Description: Speakers Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD MPH, a nationally recognized public health advocate whose research uncovered the Flint water crisis, and Luke Shaefer, Ph.D., who founded the Center for Poverty Solutions, engaged in a moderated discussion on the impact of poverty on early childhood development and lifelong health conditions, the role of academic-community partnerships in addressing health inequities, and how such research could drive important changes in public health policies.

2. Title: Intersection of Emerging Technologies & Research Ethics: Challenges & Opportunities

   Description: Speaker Michael Zimmer, Ph.D., Director of Center for Data Ethics and Society, Marquette University, and Co-founder of the Pervasive Data Ethics for Computational Research (PERVADE) project, discussed emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the ways that these technologies may be implemented in the context of human subjects research, and how the IRB can evaluate the ethics of research using AI technologies.

3. Title: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in IRB Review and Oversight

   Description: Speaker Barbara Bierer, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard and Director of the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center (MRCT) examined the role of the human research protection programs (HRPPs) in creating expectations for equity and justice within research and discussed some innovative approaches and practical measures that HRPPs can adopt to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within their programs.

NIH Seeking Comment on Draft Resource Informed Consent for Research Using Digital Health Technologies

NIH is seeking comment on a draft resource, Informed Consent for Research Using Digital Health Technologies: Points to Consider and Sample Language, which is focused on bolstering consent language for research involving digital health technologies. The draft resource, when final, is intended to assist the research community in developing and reviewing informed consent documents involving digital health technologies.

The draft resource can be viewed here. Comments will be accepted until December 12, 2023, and must be submitted through the form found at: https://osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form-developing-consent-language-for-research-using-digital-health-technologies/

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OHRP Director Position – Applications Open through 11/20/2023

The position for the Director of the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is now open for applications. Interested candidates are invited to review the details on USA Jobs at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/754817600. Application for the position will close on 11/20/23.