Protecting Human Participants in Your Research and Classroom Projects

Dr. Paula Garcia McAllister, IRB Director, NAUPaula.Garcia@nau.edu

http://nau.edu/research/compliance/human-subjects/

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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, oridentifiable private information.

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How can human subjects research be conducted ethically?

Examples for guidance come from:

Medical research

Research involving children

Research involving minority groups

Deception studies

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Nazi Human Experimentation

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Children in Research

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Tuskegee Syphilis Study in Black Males

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Studies in Psychology

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Research on Native Tribes

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Fundamental Principles:

Respect for Persons

Beneficence

Justice

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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

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