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Career Opportunities at Pearl IRB
Please visit our careers page to review current openings and job descriptions. We have the need to immediately fill a full time position for a Clinical Research Coordinator at one of our client's sites. Location is Indianapolis, Indiana. Please click here to learn...
Gretchen Bowker’s Article Published in ACRP Monitor
Gretchen Bowker's co-authored article, along with Dr. Craig Caldwell, Human Protection: Not Just an Obligation, A Career, was published in the September 2011 issue of the ACRP Monitor. The article begins on page 21 and to view the online version of the article,...
Drugmakers Receive Extended Deadline
Drugmakers are now required to record all payments and gifts, including dinners, rounds of golf and consulting fees, to doctors. The Physician Payment Sunshine Act is part of President Obama's reform of the health care system. The extension is due to the proposed...
New study conducted at Duke shows challenges with informed consent forms
All of us in research are aware of the challenges with length and understandability of informed consent documents. In a new article found in the December issue of Anesthesiology News entitled "Uninformed Consent: Average Study Participant Likely Unaware of Risks,"...
Pearl IRB End of Year Holiday Hours
Our office will be closed for the holidays December 23rd through December 26th, 2011 and also on January 2nd, 2012. We will hold no regular IRB Board meeting the week of December 26th. If you need to talk to us about your need for an urgent review, just contact us...