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October 21, 2022 Letter to the HHS Secretary

October 21, 2022

The Honorable Xavier Becerra, J.D.
Secretary of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201

Recommendation Letter

Dear Mr. Becerra:

On behalf of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP), I respectfully submit for your review recommendations relevant to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) human subjects protection regulations at 45 CFR part 46.  Recommendations on the following issues were presented to SACHRP and approved at the meeting held October 19th, 2022:

  1. Recommendations on 87 FR 58752: Institutional Review Boards; Cooperative Research
  2. IRB Considerations on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Human Subjects Research (Revised)
  3. Use of Social Media by Research Subjects: Ethical and Regulatory Considerations
  4. Recommendations on 87 FR 58733: Protection of Human Subjects and Institutional Review Boards

On behalf of SACHRP, I would like to thank you for your consideration of these recommendations.  The committee, the Subpart A Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Harmonization have been actively working in pursuit of their charges and remain dedicated to continuing this work to enhance human subjects protections for the benefit of all Americans.

Sincerely,

/s/

Douglas S. Diekema, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Secretary’s Advisory Committee
on Human Research Protections
(SACHRP)

Enc.

cc:
Jerry Menikoff, M.D., J.D., Executive Secretary, SACHRP
Julia Gorey, J.D., Executive Director, SACHRP

Meeting Members:
Douglas S. Diekema, M.D., MPH (Chair)
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Mary Ellen Allen, J.D.
Genentech, Inc.
South San Francisco, California

Robert Nelson, M.D., M.Div., Ph.D.
Johnson & Johnson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lois Shepperd, J.D.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Sandra Soo-Jim Lee, Ph.D.
Columbia University
New York City, New York

Walter L. Straus, M.D., M.P.H.
Moderna, Inc.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Kevin Weinfurt, Ph.D.
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., MSCI
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center and Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee

Jerry Menikoff, M.D., J.D.
Executive Secretary
Rockville, Maryland

Julia Gorey, J.D.
Executive Director
Rockville, Maryland

Related Recommendations

IRB Considerations on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Human Subjects Research
Use of Social Media by Research Subjects: Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for the Protection of Human Research Subjects
Recommendations on 87 FR 58752: Institutional Review Boards; Cooperative Research
Recommendations on 87 FR 58733: Protection of Human Subjects and Institutional Review Boards
Content created by Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
Content last reviewed November 4, 2022
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