Re: Tooth Fairy (Project)

[Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

Bill Lipton wrote:



 > I agree that research should be peer reviewed prior to publication

 > and prior to being used for a regulatory actions.

...

 > BTW, a lot of the DOE research I've seen is NOT peer reviewed prior

 > to publication as a government report.  I remember a speaker at a ANS

 > meeting pointing this out.



I must note that any institution (including hospitals and universities) 

that uses government money for research involving humans is required to 

have it reviewed by an Institutional Review Board.  I serve on the Oak 

Ridge Site IRB as a community representative, and we review research 

plans for everything from surveys to medical experiments.  Our major 

concern is protection of the human subjects, including their health, 

privacy, and other implications of their participating in the study 

under consideration.  While this is not a "peer" review as such, we also 

take a critical look at whether a study is likely to give useful and 

valid information, i.e., is it scientifically planned.



I wonder if TFP's work has been subject to IRB review.



Susan Gawarecki





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