Protecting Human Participants in Your Research and Classroom Projects NAU Institutional Review Board

Definitions Research: A systematic investigation that is designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Human Subject: A living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains:  data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or  identifiable private information. 2

How can human subjects research be conducted ethically? Examples for guidance come from:  Medical research  Research involving children  Research involving minority groups  Deception studies 3

Nazi Human Experimentation 4

Children in Research 5

Tuskegee Syphilis Study in Black Males 6

Studies in Psychology 7

Research on Native Tribes 8

Fundamental Principles:  Respect for Persons  Beneficence  Justice 9

Types of Review As determined by NAU IRB office staff upon review of your IRB protocol:  Not research  Exempt  Expedited  Full Board  Continuing  Amendments to research 10

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