Town meeting to discuss human subjects



May 18, 2001


The School of Medicine will host a town meeting to discuss ethics and regulations of using human subjects in research from 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. June 8, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center.

The meeting, titled "New Insights for Protection of Human Subjects," will include panel discussions on federal regulations, ethical considerations and case study presentations. Institutional review board members, chairs and administrators are welcome to attend, as are investigators, study coordinators, students and institutional officials.

The town meeting is jointly sponsored by the School of Medicine, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, Saint Louis University and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Experts on human research from local health institutions as well as representatives from the Office of Human Research Protections, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Food and Drug Administration will speak.

The registration fee is $35 for students and for faculty and staff at the medical school and other sponsoring institutions. The general registration fee is $50. The fee includes conference materials, a continental breakfast and lunch.

For more information, call 747-4125 or visit the School of Medicine's Human Studies Committee Web site at http://medicine.wustl.edu/hsc.

 

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