Department of Biostatistics Seminar/Workshop Series
Promoting Ethical Research Through Regulation: Where Did All of These Policies Come From?
Elizabeth Heitman, PhD
Associate Professor, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, VUMC
Wednesday, October 21, 1:30-2:30pm, MRBIII Conference Room 1220
Intended Audience: Persons interested in applied statistics, statistical theory, epidemiology, health services research, clinical trials methodology, statistical computing, statistical graphics, R users or potential users
Federally funded research is subject to a host of regulations and institutional policies intended to promote ethical, health, and safety standards. This presentation discusses the origins and controversies in research ethics policy with a case highlighting potential conflicts among requirements.