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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