Evaluation of the first standardized registry of approved research studies by the research ethics committees in Ecuador [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Ethical regulation of biomedical research is essential to safeguard the rights and well-being of participants. In Ecuador, Research Ethics Committees (RECs) have undergone progressive growth.
Katherine Simbaña-Rivera +3 more
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Key ethical issues encountered during COVID-19 research: a thematic analysis of perspectives from South African research ethics committees. [PDF]
BMC Med Ethics, 2023 Background The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant challenges to research ethics committees (RECs) in balancing urgency of review of COVID-19 research with careful consideration of risks and benefits.
Burgess T, Rennie S, Moodley K.
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Assessment of the Operational Characteristics of Research Ethics Committees in Ghana. [PDF]
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics, 2022 There were eighteen Research Ethics Committees (RECs) operating in Ghana as of December 2019 but no empirical assessment of their operational characteristics had been conducted.
Owusu SA +5 more
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The Challenges of Big Data for Research Ethics Committees: A Qualitative Swiss Study. [PDF]
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics, 2022 Big data trends in health research challenge the oversight mechanism of the Research Ethics Committees (RECs). The traditional standards of research quality and the mandate of RECs illuminate deficits in facing the computational complexity ...
Ferretti A +4 more
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Preventing ethics dumping: the challenges for Kenyan research ethics committees
Research Ethics Review, 2021 Ethics dumping is the practice of undertaking research in a low- or middle-income setting which would not be permitted, or would be severely restricted, in a high-income setting.
Kate Chatfield +7 more
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Rethinking the role of Research Ethics Committees in the light of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 on clinical trials and the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Br J Clin Pharmacol, 2022 Research Ethics Committees (RECs)—or Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), as they are known in the US—were created about 50 years ago to independently assess the ethical acceptability of research projects involving human subjects, their fundamental role ...
Tusino S, Furfaro M.
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Research in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges of Research Ethics Committees. [PDF]
J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc, 2020 Compliance with ethics guidelines for research are even more critical in the time of emergency public health situations such as a pandemic. Underpinned by the principles laid out in the 1979 Belmont report, conduct of research at any time should focus on
Reyes M.
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The dual use of research ethics committees: why professional self-governance falls short in preserving biosecurity [PDF]
BMC Medical Ethics, 2018 Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) constitutes a major challenge for research practice and oversight on the local, national and international level.
Sabine Salloch
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Knowledge and attitudes of Chinese medical postgraduates toward research ethics and research ethics committees: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2023 Background Research ethics provides the ethical standards for conducting sound and safe research. The field of medical research in China is rapidly growing and facing various ethical challenges.
Xing Liu +7 more
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Survey on the current practice of research ethics committees in the Czech academic environment: a mixed-methods study [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground The primary objective of this study was to conduct a comprehensive questionnaire survey on the practices of research ethics committees reviewing academic research projects in Czechia.
Renata Veselska, Jan Sirucek, Josef Kure
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