Men and women have a similar chance of contracting COVID-19, but the death rate for men who do get it is more than double that for women. This difference has implications for treatment and public ...

Menu Application Process and Forms Training Reference Materials IRB Member Access To comply with federal regulations and Miami policies, research involving human subjects requires that researchers be ...

The probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated in the research are not greater in and of themselves and those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine ...

In research, the terms "anonymous" and "confidential" are often confused and treated as interchangeable. They have, however, very distinct meanings, and it is important for an investigator to ...

When a clinical study on asthma launched in late 2019 in Louisiana, Patricia M. (not her real name) signed up. But she was not completely honest about her eligibility. "One of the criteria was you can ...