Human Subjects Research forum upcoming in Pittsburgh

ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER AT THE EARLY BIRD FEE OF $120 FOR THE Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Research Community Forum (RCF) BEING HELD IN PITTSBURGH, PA ON JUNE 22, 2012 entitled, “BUILDING BRIDGES:  Research Around the World,” co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University , and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA on June 22, 2012. 

We expect that more than 450 biomedical and psychosocial researchers, students, coordinators, IRB staff and institutional administrators will be in attendance.  Our goal is to raise awareness of diverse global interests and to strengthen collaborations between US investigators and those abroad.

This program is quite innovative in the sense that this is the first program in the OHRP RCF series to focus solely on international research.  A group of nationally and internationally-recognized experts will address the regulatory and ethical underpinnings of conducting research with human subjects in international settings.  The dynamic multi-faceted agenda will provide:

Keynote Address:  Ethical Challenges in Collaborative International Research

·        Presented by Christine Grady, R.N., Ph.D., Acting Chief, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center; Member of President Obama’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues; and Senior Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Plenary Sessions

•              Conducting FDA-Regulated Research in an Exceptional World

•              Ethics Committee Review of International Research

•              Multicultural and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Consent Processes

•              Tissue Banking – Domestic and International Challenges

Breakout Sessions

•              International Export

•              Lessons Learned from 25 Years of International Studies – Perspectives from a Research Team

•              Tips and Tools for Planning Safe Travel

•              Nuts and Bolts 45 CFR 46

•              CDER Office of Scientific Investigations Perspective:  Oversight of Foreign Clinical Trials

•              Using Computing Technology for International Research with Human Subjects:  Opportunities and Challenges

•              Ensuring Regulatory Compliance at International Sites

•              Research Ethics Training:  International Perspectives

•              We Don’t Do It that Way Here:  Challenges in Negotiating Appropriate Subcontracts For Human Subjects Research Abroad

Panel

Updates and Questions and Answers with the Feds and Faculty

See Brochure at:  http://www.irb.pitt.edu/2012conf.aspx