More Than Meets The Irb: A Joint Initiative Of Washington University In St. Louis And Prim&r

On today’s episode of More than Meets the IRB, we talk with PRIM&R Executive Director Elisa Hurley about the controversial elements of the NPRM and those which ultimately made it into the final rule. This episode considers challenging questions about the future of research: what might change in how we build policy within the United States? Dr. Elisa Hurley is the Executive Director of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. Dr. Hurley holds a PhD in philosophy from Georgetown University and held a Greenwall fellowship in bioethics and health policy at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics. How Appropriate is the Consent Process? Recent advances in science and research methods have demanded a renewed engagement in the principles that guide ethical research, which Dr. Hurley cites as an occasion to “rethink how we operationalize this basic principle of respect for persons.” This is also an opportunity to engage with the degree to whic