As a service to our research community, we periodically share upcoming non-Ohio State events, webinars, and workshops that may be of interest to human subjects researchers, research staff, and IRB members.
This month’s round-up includes events on a wide variety of topics, such as assessing participants’ decision-making capacity, ethical considerations for the return of research results and incidental findings, legal issues and ownership of genetic material, single IRB arrangements for behavioral and social science research, and much more. All events are free or low-cost and open to the public but may require pre-registration.
Online Bioethics Lecture Series
Ethical & Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research (various topics)
- TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 13: Informed Consent/Decision Making/Capacity Assessment
- Wednesday, October 20: Incidental Findings/Return of Results/Inclusion of Native Populations
- Wednesday, October 27: Vaccines
- Sessions will be live-streamed from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. on the NIH Videocast website on the day of the event. No registration is required.
- Hosting organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Bioethics
Virtual Public Workshop
Transparency of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-enabled Medical Devices
- Date: Thursday, October 14, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Hosting organizations: FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
- Learn more and register.
Webinar
Increasing Clinical Trial Participation Through Eligibility Expansion and Inclusivity Considerations
- Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2 – 3 p.m.
- Hosting organization: WIRB-Copernicus Group
- Learn more and register.
Livestream Panel Discussion & Book Talk
The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA
- Date: Wednesday, October 20, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
- Hosting organization: Harvard Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
- Read about the forthcoming book here.
- Learn more and register.
Webinar
October SMART Talk: Single IRB for Social, Behavioral, and Education Research
- Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2 – 3 p.m.
- Hosting organization: SMART IRB
- Learn more and register.
2-day Public Livestream
Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP)
- Date: Tuesday and Wednesday, October 26 – 27
- Hosting organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- Learn more (agenda forthcoming). No registration required.
Public Lecture
A Family Drama: The Sexual Politics of Smallpox Vaccination in the Spanish Empire
Part of the National Library of Medicine’s History Talks series
- Date: Thursday, October 28, 2 – 3 p.m.
- Hosting organization: National Library of Medicine (NIH)
- Learn more and livestream on the day of the event here (no registration required).
Save the date for these upcoming events in November!
4-day Virtual Seminar
NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding & Grants Administration: Empowering the Research Workforce to Fuel Scientific Discovery
- Dates: Monday, November 1 – Thursday, November 4
- Hosting organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Learn more and register.
Livestream book talk
Book Launch: Consumer Genetic Technologies: Ethical and Legal Considerations
- Date: Thursday, November 2, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
- Hosting organization: Harvard Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
- Learn more and register.
Webinar
Health Literacy Resources to Strengthen your Human Research Protection Program
- Date: Tuesday, November 9, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
- Hosting organization: Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)
- Learn more and register. (Note: This event is free for employees of AAHRPP-affiliated organizations. Ohio State is an accredited AAHRPP client.)
Virtual Meeting
Seventh Annual Meeting of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
- Dates: Wednesday, November 17 – Friday, November 19
- Hosting organization: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
- Learn more and register.
Virtual Seminar
NIH Rural Health Seminar
- Date: Thursday, November 18
- Hosting organization: National Institute on Minority Health and and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Learn more.
The Education Round-up is intended for informational purposes only. While we will only share events hosted by well-known/reputable organizations, inclusion does not constitute official endorsement by the Office of Responsible Research Practices.