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July 2002, Vol 92, No. 7 | American Journal of Public Health 1067-1070
© 2002 American Public Health Association

HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS FORUM

Time, Place, and Consciousness: Three Dimensions of Meaning for US Institutional Review Boards

Sarah B. Putney, JD and Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA

Sarah B. Putney is with the Human Subjects Committee and Sofia Gruskin is with the Program on International Health and Human Rights, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Sarah B. Putney, JD, Human Subjects Committee, Harvard School of Public Health, 1613 Tremont St, Boston MA 02120 (email: sputney{at}hsph.harvard.edu).

In the past few years, US federal agencies governing research with human subjects and institutional review boards have taken a higher-profile path than ever before, both at home and internationally. This trend carries profound significance for US-based institutions and has implications also for the rest of the world.

What does this critical moment of heightened federal scrutiny mean for the workings of US institutional review boards? We examined board activity across 3 dimensions: time, place, and consciousness. We conclude that although institutions in all areas of biomedical and social science research are adapting their practices, the field of public health is especially well positioned to adapt to, and succeed in, new efforts to ensure protection of human research subjects. (Am J Public Health. 2002;92:1067–1070)


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