The rise in virtual research since the COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for researchers to expand and diversify clinical trials, but it has also opened up avenues for fraudulent ...

Which details in a de-identified scientific record are enough to still identify a person? If, for example, the record includes that a person is a CEO, the abundance of CEOs in the world would make ...

Introduction In cluster randomised trials (CRT), groups (rather than individuals) are randomised to intervention and control conditions. Since the publication of the Ottawa Statement on the Ethical ...

To approve research, federal regulations require the IRB to determine, when appropriate, that there are adequate provisions to protect the privacy of participants and to maintain the confidentiality ...