IRB Director Shannon Sewards returns to “Proof Over Precedent” for the fifth episode in the “Ethics in the Law” series. In this episode, A2J Lab Faculty Director and Proof Over Precedent host Jim Greiner talks with Sewards about the complexity of ethical research involving incarcerated individuals and the balance between maintaining those ethical standards and advancing social and behavioral research. The discussion also delves into the differences between protections for biomedical research and those for behavioral research.
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Speakers:
- Shannon Sewards, Director of the Human Research Protection Program, Dartmouth Health; former Director, Harvard University Area IRB
- Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
Resources mentioned:
- Common Rule, Subpart C (45 C.F.R § 46(c), Additional Protections Pertaining to Biomedical and Behavioral Research Involving Prisoners as Subjects
- Office of Human Research Protection
Related “Ethics in the Law” series episodes:
- Episode 8: Ethics in Research — IRBs and the Common Rule Explained
- Episode 10: What is Human Subjects Research in Law?
- Episode 14: Ethical Conundrums in Legal Research
- Episode 26: When is Informed Consent Unnecessary?
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