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Institutional Oversight of Human
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Roles of IRBs, IACUCs, and IBCs
Before and After the NAS Guidelines

Thursday, September 22, 2005
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Cobb Student Lounge

Please join us for a 'webinar' that will address institutional oversight of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. Roles of the Institutional Review Board (lRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and the Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (ESCRO), as described by the recent National Academy of Science (NAS) Guidelines will be discussed. The webinar will include experts in the field of research ethics and subject protections.

Topics to be addressed include:

National Academy of Science (NAS) Guidelines
Federal and State Specific Regulations
Scientists' View on the Guidelines
The Impact of the NAS Guidelines on Institutions

The audience for this webinar should include all those charged with research oversight as well as those engaged in research with stem cells. Participants for all industries-academia, industry, and community and advocacy organizations- will find this webinar both timely and engaging.

If there are any questions in regard to this webinar, please call the IRB office at (323) 563-5902.

Sponsored by the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science IRB