Zachary M. Schrag Institutional Review Blog August 2012 – January 2017 This document contains all text appearing on the Institutional Review Blog, http://www.institutionalreviewblog.com/, from 31 August 2012 (the first entry after the previous archive) through the end of January 2017. Except where noted, all entries were written by Zachary M. Schrag, of the George Mason University Department of History and Art History. This version was prepared for archiving at the Mason Archival Repository Service (MARS), mars.gmu.edu. Readers are encouraged to cite individual blog entries, e.g., Zachary M. Schrag, "Smithsonian Frees Oral History, Journalism, and Folklore," Institutional Review Blog, 30 July 2010, http://www.institutionalreviewblog.com/2010/07/smithsonian-frees-oral-history.html Each entry in the Institutional Review Blog by Zachary M. Schrag is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. 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The best way to do this is with a link to this web page. www.institutionalreviewblog.com 2 Contents 1 2012 13 1.1 August ................................................. 13 Institutional Review Blog: Archival Edition (2012-08-31 08:44) ................... 13 1.2 September ............................................... 13 REB Member: Make Review Process Educative, Not Regulatory (2012-09-01 08:35) . 13 AAUP Posts New IRB Report (2012-09-04 19:46) ........................... 15 Can an IRB Ban a Researcher? (2012-09-07 10:22) .......................... 15 OHRP Calls for 2013 SACHRP Nominations Without Announcing 2012 Appointments (2012-09-09 19:56) ..................................... 16 I Review van den Hoonaard, The Seduction of Ethics (2012-09-12 12:43) . 17 Could Guidance and Feedback Replace Rote Compliance? (2012-09-16 18:59) . 17 Fredericton to Host Summit on Research-Ethics Review Alternatives (2012-09-17 19:55) . 18 U of Illinois Launches Ethics CORE (2012-09-21 10:49) ....................... 19 Schrag Responds to Responses to Schrag (2012-09-25 11:23) ..................... 20 SACHRP Still Lacks Social Scientists (2012-09-29 21:31) ...................... 26 1.3 October ................................................ 27 Mark Israel Questions Lists of Vulnerabilities (2012-10-10 10:22) . 27 IRB Demands and Forbids that Survey Researchers Collect E-Mail Addresses (2012-10-23 22:50) . 28 I Review Stark, Behind Closed Doors (2012-10-25 08:57) ....................... 29 One Year Since ANPRM Comment Deadline (2012-10-26 16:20) ................... 29 New Zealand Offers Voluntary Ethics Review—for Some (2012-10-27 14:32) . 29 Farewell, Fredericton! (2012-10-29 16:46) ............................... 30 U of Sheffield REC Suspended Professor for Discussing Research (2012-10-29 16:47) . 30 Health Researchers Learn that Ethics Review Really Is Creepy (2012-10-30 10:07) . 30 College Freshmen Don’t Mind Research Use of Public Facebook Profiles (2012-10-30 10:21) . 33 1.4 November ............................................... 34 3 What Has OHRP Told Huron It Hasn’t Told Me? (2012-11-02 08:21) . 34 Is Boston College Still Clueless about Oral History? (2012-11-05 15:54) . 34 Meyer: "IRB Review Has Only One Step" (2012-11-26 09:17) .................... 35 Tolich Launches TEAR: The Ethics Application Repository (2012-11-27 14:39) . 35 Autoethnographer Finds REB Review Intimidating (2012-11-28 08:40) . 36 Palys and Lowman on Boston College: "Be Suspicious of Universities" (2012-11-28 13:07) . 37 What Is This Thing Called Research? (2012-11-28 20:45) ....................... 38 1.5 December ............................................... 39 Marakowitz Reviews Ethical Imperialism (2012-12-01 21:53) .................... 39 NIH Policy Makes Interviewing Children Easier (2012-12-05 14:38) . 39 Expedited Review Reaches the Institutional Review Blog (2012-12-12 20:26) . 40 Northeastern U. IRB Makes Sex Research Untenable (2012-12-13 06:19) . 41 Prisoners Find Interview Research Rewarding (2012-12-14 10:39) . 42 Law Professor Decries, Ponders IRB Variability (2012-12-17 14:23) . 43 Dunn and Hunter Defend Mandatory Review (2012-12-23 16:59) ................... 44 Is Ethics Review Like a Building Permit? (2012-12-27 09:01) .................... 44 Sociologists Call for IRB Moratorium (2012-12-31 18:38) ...................... 46 2 2013 49 2.1 January ................................................ 49 Should We Expect an NPRM in April? (2013-01-04 09:06) ...................... 49 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Symposium Reexamines Research Ethics (2013-01-10 09:17) . 49 Bell and Salmon Warn of Dangerous Assumptions (2013-01-14 09:13) . 51 New Comment Policy (2013-01-14 12:45) ............................... 52 Armchairs vs. Evidence in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2013-01-18 09:35) . 52 British Government Denies Conducting Research (2013-01-25 07:19) . 54 2.2 February ................................................ 55 Faden et al. Question Research-Treatment Distinction (2013-02-10 09:18) . 55 Puglisi: ANPRM Is Stalled; Write Your Own Common Rule (2013-02-12 19:54) . 55 Dreger Reviews Stark: It Is Lawyers All The Way Down (2013-02-20 09:07) . 58 Dingwall Links Ethics Review to University "Command and Control" (2013-02-23 13:44) . 58 New Brunswick Declaration Seeks Respect for Researchers and Participants (2013-02-26 09:53) . 59 George Mason University Adopts Shelton Definition, Solicits Faculty Advice (2013-02-27 10:53) . 59 Lecture at Brigham Young University (2013-02-27 10:59) ....................... 60 Journal Retracts Interview-Based Article for Lack of IRB Approval (2013-02-28 11:19) . 61 4 2.3 March ................................................. 62 A Credible Social Assurance (2013-03-04 08:21) ........................... 62 AAUP Publishes Final Report, Regulation of Research on Human Subjects: Academic Freedom and the Institutional Review Board (2013-03-05 14:40) ..................... 63 Inside Higher Ed Reports on AAUP Recommendations (2013-03-06 08:44) . 63 ANPRM Is Mostly Dead (2013-03-07 21:27) ............................. 63 National Academies Run Workshops on Common Rule Revisions (2013-03-13 11:51) . 64 Tolich and Tumilty Explain TEAR (2013-03-14 21:36) ........................ 65 On Signing the Markingson Petition (2013-03-17 11:36) ....................... 66 National Academies Post Workshop Agenda (2013-03-20 15:30) ................... 68 Report from the National Academies Workshop (2013-03-25 13:06) . 68 Rivera: Faculty Researchers Are Notoriously Poor Judges of Risks (2013-03-30 09:03) . 73 2.4 April .................................................. 74 REB Members Beg U of Ottawa to Defend Confidentiality (2013-04-10 12:20) . 74 Federal Demonstration Parternship Pilots Exempt Wizard (2013-04-11 09:53) . 75 Boston College Oral History Roundup (2013-04-14 00:51) ...................... 75 What Can One University Do? (2013-04-17 09:13) .......................... 77 2.5 May .................................................. 80 Mortifyingly Stupid CITI Training Kills Oral History Course (2013-05-03 07:22) . 80 What Good Are Statements of Committee Approval? (2013-05-08 13:47) . 81 IRB Imposed Anonymity on Campus Politics Book (2013-05-31 08:20) . 82 2.6 June .................................................. 84 First Circuit Denies UK Access to Most Boston College Tapes (2013-06-03 21:52) . 84 SACHRP: Exempt Research May "Be Subject to IRB Review" (2013-06-11 08:10) . 84 Trolling Isn’t Human Subjects Research (2013-06-12 08:12) ..................... 87 Robert Levine: We Should Have Done a Careful Study of Social and Behavioral Research (2013-06-12 08:37) ..................................... 89 Michelle Meyer: Miller Interacted, Intervened (2013-06-13 08:12) . 91 2.7 July .................................................. 94 Oh, I’ve Heard of It (2013-07-08 22:37) ................................ 94 Two More Biomedical Members for SACHRP (2013-07-12 11:34) . 94 2.8 August ................................................. 95 Ignorance Is Strength: Lecture Video Online (2013-08-06