Educational Conference Call Series on Institutional Review Boards and Ethical Issues in Research - Registration Now Open

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Dear Migrant Health Research colleagues,

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) and the Tuskegee

University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care (the

Bioethics Center) invite you to participate in their jointly sponsored

Educational Conference Call Series on Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and

Ethical Issues in Research.

The series is intended to increase understanding of the role of IRBs and

other mechanisms for assuring that human subjects research is ethical and

appropriate - both at individual and community levels. The aim of the series is

to provide a comprehensive understanding of the options and tools necessary for

communities to determine the approach that is best for them. The series will

also inform the development of future initiatives undertaken by CCPH and the

Bioethics Center on IRBs and ethical issues in community-campus partnerships.

Dr. Northington Gamble, Director of the Bioethics Center, will moderate

the series.

Online registration is now open for the first two calls in the series -

please see details below. The calls are free, but the number of incoming lines

is limited. To maximize participation, we encourage gathering colleagues to

dial-in together using one phone line with speaker phone capabilities. Those

completing the online form will be notified as to whether their registration is

confirmed, and sent instructions for dialing into the call. Handouts and

digital audiofiles will be posted on the CCPH website at www.ccph.info shortly

after each call takes place. To learn more about the series, visit

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_012607.htm#MessagefromourED

If you have comments and suggestions on the call series, including ideas

for additional call topics, please contact the call series organizers CCPH

Program Director e Wong (e@...) or CCPH Graduate

Research Assistant Grignon (jgrignon@...).

Call #1: February 14, 2007, 12:00 to 1:30 pm PST

IRB 101: What is an Institutional Review Board and What Purpose Does it

Serve?

Speakers:

*Shirley Hicks, Director, Division of Education and Development, Office

for Human Research Protections (OHRP), U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS), Rockville, land

*Francine C. Romero, Director, Jemez Health and Human Services, Jemez

Pueblo, New Mexico and Member, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research

Protections, OHRP, HHS

During this call, Shirley Hicks will discuss some of the unethical

research projects that strongly influenced the subsequent development of HHS

regulations to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects. She

will also provide a brief review of how OHRP continues to strengthen

HHS-supported human subject research and share resources available. Francine C.

Romero will present federal regulations and their applicability by using a case

example of diabetes screening within a community setting.

To register for the February 14th call, complete the online registration

form at: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/kristine/31944

Call #2 - March 14, 2007, 12:00 to 1:30 pm PST

Highlighting the Importance of the Non-Affiliated (Community) IRB Member

Speakers:

*Elda Railey, Co-Founder, Research Advocacy Network, Arlington Heights,

Illinois

* Lou , Co-Founder, Research Advocacy Network, Arlington

Heights, Illinois

*Lucille Webb, Director, Strengthening the Black Family, Raleigh, North

Carolina and North Carolina State Department of Public Health IRB

Non-Affiliated (Community) Member

*Gigi McMillan, Director, We Can Pediatric Brain Tumor Network, Los

Angeles, California and University of California - Los Angeles IRB

Non-Affiliated (Community) Member

This call will cover the role of community members on IRBs, the

importance of the perspective and expertise they bring to IRB deliberations,

and how communications between IRBs and communities can be improved.

To register for this call, complete the online registration form at

https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/kristine/31948

ABOUT THE CO-SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the Tuskegee University

National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care have established a

partnership to advance their shared goal of meaningfully involving communities

in decisions made about every aspect of research. In particular, the

partnership is focused on engaging Historically Black Colleges and Universities

and the communities they serve. The first outcome of the partnership is a

jointly sponsored Educational Conference Call Series on Institutional Review

Boards and Ethical Issues in Research.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly

defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational

institutions. Founded in 1996, CCPH is a growing network of over 1,300

communities and campuses across North America and increasingly the world that

are collaborating to promote health through service-learning, community-based

participatory research, broad-based coalitions and other partnership

strategies. What ties CCPH members together is their commitment to social

justice and their passion for the power of partnerships to transform

communities and academe. CCPH advances its mission by disseminating

information, providing training and technical assistance, conducting research

and evaluations, developing and influencing policies, and building coalitions.

Learn more about CCPH at www.ccph.info

The Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and

Health Care, promotes racial and ethnic diversity in the field of bioethics and

in public debates about bioethical issues. Established in 1999, its mission

is to promote equity and justice in health and health care. The Bioethics

Center is the nation's first bioethics center dedicated to addressing

bioethical issues of importance to African Americans and other underserved

populations. It is also the only bioethics center at a Historically Black

College and University. The Bioethics Center carries out its mission by

conducting education and training programs, fostering respectful community

partnerships, advancing interdisciplinary research, and advocating public

policies that improve the health and health care of all Americans, particularly

the underserved. Learn more about the Bioethics Center at

http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/category.asp?C=35026

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly

defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational

institutions. Become a member today at www.ccph.info

CCPH 10th Anniversary Conference, April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto

" Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change "

Register today at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html

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