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Center for Clinical Research Ethics (CCRE)

Description

The aims of the Center for Clinical Research Ethics are:

  • To develop excellent Clinical Research Ethics (CRE) education programs by synergizing and enhancing existing programs and developing new programs that respond to specific needs
  • To develop a comprehensive consultation network that will assist ICTS investigators and programs in addressing CRE within research protocols and policies
  • To develop a dynamic research program focused on CRE

Services Available to ICTS Members

Education:

  • CCRE faculty are available:
    • For educational presentations, working with the Human Research Protection Office and the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values to coordinate those presentations
    • To discuss syllabi and program development, particularly the new educational program to be developed for research coordinators and assistants
  • CCRE faculty will offer the Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Clinical Research class for K12, K30, T32 trainees and MS in Clinical Investigation students in spring, 2008

Consultation:

  • Consultations on clinical research ethics issues are available to investigators and ICTS Program Functions whose research may raise special ethical issues.
  • A checklist of clinical research ethics issues that might trigger a consultation request has been developed and is used by the Scientific Review Committee in combination with the Biostatistics review. The checklist is also available to individual investigators upon request.

Research:

  • CCRE personnel are engaged in several ongoing research projects on clinical research ethics, and have a special interest in translational science and research with vulnerable participants.
  • CCRE personnel are available to consult and collaborate with ICTS investigators and program functions in developing research proposals in the area of clinical research ethics.