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Stalled Trial for Autism Highlights Dilemma of Alternative Treatments
July 21st 2008 (CDT)

Source: Science URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/321/5887/326 Date published: July 18th 2008 From Elizabeth Woeckner: Stalled Trial for Autism Highlights Dilemma of Alternative Treatments Erik Stokstad The tension between parents d... More

When a University Kills Suicide Research
July 7th 2008 (CDT)

Source: Insidehighered.com URL: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/07/07/suicide Date published: July 7th 2008 When a University Kills Suicide Research Ask Russel Ogden why he studies suicide, and the sociologist answers by quoting Shakespeare... More

Senior Research Compliance Specialist -- San Francisco, CA
August 26th 2008 (CDT)

Senior Research Compliance Specialist – Clinical Research Office NCIRE, the Veterans Health Research Institute is a research institute working in conjunction with the San Francisco Veterans Af... More

IRB Administrator -- New York, NY
August 26th 2008 (CDT)

The first Orthopaedic hospital in the United States, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), founded in 1863, is a voluntary non-profit hospital dedicated exclusively to diagnosing and treating Orthopaedi... More

PRIM&R Webinar -- The NIH Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Policy: Responsibilities of Investigators and IRBs -- Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, 1PM EDT
August 12th 2008 (CDT)

Join Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) for an interactive learning experience focusing on the policies surrounding new tools and technologies in genetic research. A 90-minute we... More

Symposium "Making it Work - Better" -- Sept. 5, New York City
August 6th 2008 (CDT)

“Making it Work – Better” September 5, 2008 New York City The City University of New York invites IRB members and staff to attend our 5th annual IRB Symposium. The Symposium, “Making it Work – ... More

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