Moving Forward with IRBs:Best Practices

Chair: Philip Rubin, Haskins Labs and Yale University

Robert E. Remez, Barnard CollegeRoxane Cohen Silver, U. of California, Irvine

Bennett I. Bertenthal, Indiana UniversityFelice J. Levine, American Educational Research Assoc.

Symposium Goals:

•Disseminate best practices for researchers working with social and behavioral science IRBs

•Examples of specific strategies for working effectively with IRBs from leading scientists

•Change the nature of our approach to IRB relationships, fostering a more conducive atmosphere for research

Amy Pollick, “IRBs: Navigating the Maze: Practical advice for working with institutional review boards”, November 2007 Observer

APS Members Share IRB Experiences:

Grant Benham, “From Both Sides of the Trenches”

Dick McGlynn, “Let’s Band Together”

B. R. Simon Rosser, “Working Constructively and

Realistically with IRBs”

Jerry Burger, “Mimicking Milgram”, December 2007

Amy Pollick, “Talking with your IRBs about risk: Show them the data”, February 2008

Elena Newman, “Assessing trauma and its effects without distress: A guide to working with IRBs”, May 2008

Share your IRB tips by emailing APS at:Share your IRB tips by emailing APS at:

apsobserver@psychologicalscience.orgapsobserver@psychologicalscience.org

•Assuring confidentiality and voluntary participation

•Adjusting the regulatory burden to match the risk of harm

• Improvising

•Grading the review (full board, expedited, administrative)

•Compliance education for applicants

•The status of student projects

Robert E. RemezBarnard College, Columbia University