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Category: Research Ethics Private Cases

Adolescent Sleep Study

December 26, 2017 charan

This study aims to measure the mental, educational and physiological effects of sleep deprivation on adolescents and means of alleviating those effects. Participants are aged 13–18, and will spend 15 days sequestered in a study facility under the supervision of Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesConsent, HBRA, HBRA scope, Inducement, Minors

High-paying survey

December 26, 2017 charan

A business school professor with a sizeable research budget would like to study attitudes of corporate leaders concerning effective leadership strategies that have allowed their companies to thrive. A corporate leadership training firm has agreed to forward the study invitation Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesInducement, Social - Behavioural and Educational Research

Collaborative trial

December 26, 2017 charan

An employee at institution A, a physical therapy centre, wishes to conduct an investigation into the effects of a new massage technique developed by the employee on relieving pain in individuals who suffer from chronic back problems. Institution A does Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesHBRA, IRB review

Conformity replication

December 26, 2017 charan

A student wishes to replicate Milgram’s famous conformity study, with a slight modification. Subjects will be informed they and another volunteer are participating in a teaching intervention test. Subjects are told that they will be a “tester” other volunteer will Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesIRB review, Minimal Risk, Risk/benefit assessment, Social - Behavioural and Educational Research

Fitness band

December 26, 2017 charan

The proposed study will test the effect of a fitness band combined with monetary incentives on the fitness activity of participants. Participants will be given a fitness band to wear that monitors their number of steps taken each day, over Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesHBRA, HBRA scope

Health & Grades Study

December 26, 2017 charan

A professor is interested in the extent to which students’ medical issues affect their academic ability. He wants to recruit students at his college to fill in a questionnaire concerning any major health issues they have had in the past Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesConsent, Consent Waivers, HBRA, HBRA scope, Social - Behavioural and Educational Research

Health information study

December 26, 2017 charan

A researcher wishes to conduct a retrospective observational study on the health records of patients at a particular hospital who recently underwent a cardiovascular surgery in the past year. The researcher would be looking for correlations between long-term complications arising Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesConsent, HBRA, Minimal Risk

Intensive reflex training on video game performance study

December 26, 2017 charan

The purpose of the study is to determine whether intensive, short term reflex training methods on the performance of proficient amateur players of fast paced action online video games (based on actions per minute) can be enhanced to the level Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesHBRA, HBRA scope, Social - Behavioural and Educational Research

Large scale research on the genetics of cardiovascular disease

December 26, 2017 charan

Kurt is a teacher in Germany. He has been asked to join a large research project that is looking at the genetics of cardiovascular disease. This will involve giving a DNA sample, answering a questionnaire and allowing details of his Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesAnonymisation, Consent, Genetics

Mood enhancement device

December 26, 2017 charan

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive procedure in which electrodes are placed on someone’s head to stimulate various regions via electric currents. While most uses for the procedure are clinical, a researcher is trying to develop a tDCS Read More

Research Ethics Public CasesHBRA, HBRA scope

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