I once had a proposal rejected because the IRB felt that a response-time task (to identify briefly-presented letters) would be "too stressful."
I fought. They lost. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Lilienfeld, Scott O [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 5:34 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: [tips] AAUP recommends more researcher autonomy in IRB > reform | Inside Higher Ed > > My favorite recent story about IOD (IRB Overreach Disorder): > > Last year, Emory's IRB informed one of our psychology graduate students > that she needed to change the font on her participant recruitment sheet > because it was too large, and hence too "coercive" to potential > participants. > > ..Scott > > > ________________________________________ > From: Mike Wiliams [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 12:53 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] AAUP recommends more researcher autonomy in IRB reform > | Inside Higher Ed > > This will have no impact since investigators are not represented in > AAHRPP or PRIMR. These organizations are sustained by more and more > regulations. They ignore the interests of investigators and > essentially treat investigators like they are all intent on harming > subjects. It is a real "them vs us" attitude and there is essentially > no check on their behavior. If there is one thing that the Republicans > got right is that when you create regulations, you great and industry > and special interest that feeds off supporting them. > > http://www.primr.org/ > > http://www.aahrpp.org/ > > Mike Williams > > On 3/7/13 12:00 AM, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > digest > wrote: > > Subject: AAUP recommends more researcher autonomy in IRB reform | > > Inside Higher Ed > > From: Christopher Green<[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:02:04 -0500 > > X-Message-Number: 1 > > > > A very interesting development in the history of the IRB. > > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/06/aaup-recommends-more- > res > > earcher-autonomy-irb-reform > > > > Chris > > --- > > Christopher D. Green > > Department of Psychology > > York University > > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > > Canada > > > > [email protected] > > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2 > f&n=T&l=tips&o=24167 > or send a blank email to leave-24167- > [email protected] > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender > by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message > (including attachments). > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e > 1&n=T&l=tips&o=24172 > or send a blank email to leave-24172- > [email protected] The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24185 or send a blank email to leave-24185-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
