That's why it bothers me even more when our Dean seems unconcerned about such matters. Did I say "argh" already today? ;-) Thanks all... you are helpful and interesting colleagues! -S
On Oct 15, 2007, at 1:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't matter if the particular study > does not receive federal funding if it violates federal protections. > What matters is whether or not there is any federal money coming into > your university. THAT can be frozen if an investigation into irb > irregularities occurs. > > Does anyone else know different? Unfortunately all of the famous cases > that I can think of were those in which a federally funded study was > involved. > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:24:54 -0400 >> From: Steven Specht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [tips] more on our IRB problems >> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >> <[email protected]> >> >> Thank you all for responding so thoughtfully. I encourage others to >> reply as well. I would like to use this info (minus any identifying >> information) to our Dean (who is a Language History scholar with no >> background in science apparently. She didn't even know what a "poster >> session" was). Anyway, PLEASE let me know if you do not want your >> response used (but I really need some "outside ammo" here). I am even >> more perturbed about this latest problem than usual because of an >> incident that happened last year. The same IRB committee approved some >> survey research from a Ph.D. student at Phoenix University (yes, the >> online diploma mill... oops, did I say that?). The survey was >> distributed on campus and was about faculty-administrative relations >> as >> well as workplace stress (INCLUDING minor physical problems and drug >> and alcohol use). I completed the survey because I like to help out >> anyone doing research. I also included additional information about my >> displeasure with our administration in the space available. I later >> found out that the survey was being conducted by one of our own >> administrators (a Vice President getting his degree from Phoenix)!!! >> He >> failed to identify himself as an administrator at our institution! >> Clearly this was a case in which the researcher did not disclose some >> absolutely essential information. I raised the issue and received a >> "smackdown" myself. I went so far as to call the folks in the >> Washington Human Subjects Protection Office (they said they couldn't >> do >> anything since the research was not federally funded). Our IRB is >> obviously out of control at many levels and I am hoping to soon >> request >> a wholesale resignation of the committee. Like I don't have better >> things to do. Argh! >> Thanks again. >> -S >> >> >> ======================================================== >> Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor of Psychology >> Utica College >> Utica, NY 13502 >> (315) 792-3171 >> >> "Mice may be called large or small, and so may elephants, and it is >> quite understandable when someone says it was a large mouse that ran >> up >> the trunk of a small elephant" (S. S. Stevens, 1958) >> >> --- > > --- > > ======================================================== Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 "Mice may be called large or small, and so may elephants, and it is quite understandable when someone says it was a large mouse that ran up the trunk of a small elephant" (S. S. Stevens, 1958) ---
