“Members of the Same Club”: Challenges and Decisions Faced by US IRBs in Identifying and Managing Conflicts of Interest

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 6; no. 7; p. e22796
• Main Author: Klitzman, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 29.07.2011; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology; Biomedical Research - ethics; Biomedical Research - standards; CFR; Chairs; Conflict of Interest; Conflicts of interest; Data processing; Disclosure - ethics; Disclosure - standards; Ethics; Ethics Committees, Research - ethics; Ethics Committees, Research - organization & administration; Female; Financial disclosure; Funding; Humans; Institutions; Interviews; Leadership; Male; Medical research; Medicine; Organizational Policy; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative research; Research Design; Response data analysis; Review boards; Science Policy; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; United States; New York; United States > US

Conflicts of interest (COIs) in research have received increasing attention, but many questions arise about how Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) view and approach these. I conducted in-depth interviews of 2 hours each with 46 US IRB chairs, administrators, and members, exploring COI and other issu...