A Panel Discussion on ETHICAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND REGULATORY DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN
SUBJECT RESEARCH
This panel has been brought together by DR. MAUREEN O'BRIEN (Theology) with
the help of CIQR member DR. MARIA PIANTANIDA and CIQR Graduate Assistant MS.
MELODY ISINGER. Panelists representing various disciplines, research interests
and methodologies will discuss how they work to strike the appropriate balance
between ethical responsibility for protection of human subjects, as individuals
and communities, and scholarly pursuit of new knowledge through research. Our
hope is to spark discussion among the panelists and the audience through a format
that includes brief presentations by panelists, large group interchange, and
small groups meeting with individual panelists according to interest.
Panelists and audience alike are invited to consider questions such as:
How do ethical concerns come into play in devising methodologies related to
human subject research, in your discipline and in your own approach?
What ethical dilemmas are inherent in the kinds of research you do?
How do we balance our obligations as researchers, especially the commitment
to furthering our knowledge, with our obligations to safeguard human dignity
and with our community obligations?
How do IRBs function for us within these commitments and dilemmas?
PANELISTS:
DR. CHARLES HANNA, Associate Professor of Sociology, Duquesne
University
DR. RODNEY HOPSON, Assistant Professor of Education, Duquesne
University
DR. SANDRA QUINN, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Community
Health
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
DR. PAUL RICHER, Associate Professor of Psychology, Duquesne
University.
Minutes
MINUTES of last meeting (Feb. 27, 2003): DR. MAUREEN O’BRIEN (Theology) put together a panel discussion on ETHICAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND REGULATORY DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH. Panelists DRs. CHARLES HANNA (Sociology), RODNEY HOPSON (Education), SANDRA QUINN (Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh), and PAUL RICHER (Psychology) discussed how they work to strike the appropriate balance between ethical responsibility for protection of human subjects, as individuals and communities, and scholarly pursuit of new knowledge through research. The panelists’ presentations were followed by a lively and profitable discussion. Approximately 30 persons attended the event.