Policies on Research Ethics

45 CFR part 46 (DHHS regulations on the use of human subjects in research.

Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research

National Institutes of Health. (2009)  Update on the Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research. (NOT-OD-10-019)

Society for Neuroscience. Guidelines: Responsible Conduct Regarding Scientific Communication.

World Medical Association. Declaration of Helsinki.

Ethics and Human Subjects in Research (selected resources)

45 CFR part 46

DHHS regulations on the use of human subjects in research.

Belmont Report

Korenman, S. Teaching the Responsible Conduct of Research in Humans.

National Institutes of Health. Decision Tree for Protection of Human Subjects from Research Risk.

National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research. OER Human Subjects Website

Pence GE. Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of Cases that Have Shaped Medical Ethics, with Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds. NY, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2004.

World Medical Association. Declaration of Helsinki.

Ethics and Use of Animals in Research (selected resources)

American Psychological Association. Research with Animals in Psychology

Chimpanzees in Biomedical Research: Assessing the Necessity. National Academies Press (2011).

Institute for Animal Laboratory Research (ILAR)Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 8th edition (2011).

Journal of Animal Ethics

National Institutes of Health, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

Final Rule on Conflict of Interest (DHHS)

DHHS has released an updated Final Rule on Conflict of Interest, known officially as the “Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for  which Public Health Service Funding is Sought and Responsible Prospective Contractor” (whew!) in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 165, 25 August 2011.