This month’s issue of Research Ethics Digest includes articles on the most controversial and challenging topics relevant to research ethics, including the role of health systems research in the promotion of global justice; ethical considerations raised by genomic research using pathology specimens; the evolving role of community in health research; and much more.

Articles included:

• Expectations for Methodology and Translation of Animal Research: A Survey of Health Care Workers
• IACUC Considerations for the Use of Livestock in Translational Research
• New Era for Chimpanzee Research: Broad Implications of Chimpanzee Research Decisions
• The Multifactorial Role of the 3Rs in Shifting the Harm-Benefit Analysis in Animal Models of Disease
• Russell and Burch's 3Rs Then and Now: The Need for Clarity in Definition and Purpose
• Are Therapeutic Motivation and Having One's Own Doctor as Researcher Sources of Therapeutic Misconception?
• Ethical Considerations for Conducting Disaster Research with Vulnerable Populations
• Examining the Ethics of Clinical Use of Unproven Interventions Outside of Clinical Trials During the Ebola Epidemic
• Managing the Ethical Issues of Genomic Research Using Pathology Specimens
• Pragmatic Randomized Trials in Drug Development Pose New Ethical Questions: A Systematic Review
• Engaging Diverse Social and Cultural Worlds: Perspectives on Benefits in International Clinical Research from South African Communities
• Exploring Perceptions and Experiences of Bolivian Health Researchers with Research Ethics
• Global Justice and Health Systems Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• Overview of Research Committees Status in Egypt: Challenges Aspirations and Current Situation
• Analysis of Warning Letters Issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to Clinical Investigators, Institutional Review Boards and Sponsors: A Retrospective Study
• Attitudes Toward Risk and Informed Consent for Research on Medical Practices: A Cross-Sectional Survey
• Compliance with Results Reporting at ClinicalTrials.gov
• Increasing Common Rule Protections: IRB Consensus, Black Box Warnings, and Risk in Equipoise
• IRB Practices and Policies Regarding the Secondary Research Use of Biospecimens
• Journalists, District Attorneys and Researchers: Why IRBs Should Get in the Middle
• Community-Based Review of Research Across Diverse Community Contexts: Key Characteristics, Critical Issues, and Future Directions
• Ethical Issues in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Pilot Study of Community Dialogue
• From Subject to Participant: Ethics and the Evolving Role of Community in Health Research
• Research for Improved Health: Variability and Impact of Structural Characteristics in Federally Funded Community Engaged Research
• Research Led by Participants: A New Social Contract for a New Kind of Research

PRIM&R’s Research Ethics Digest, an electronic publication, delivers timely and relevant abstracts and full-text articles from a wide array of scholarly journals to the inboxes of PRIM&R members every two months. Articles featured in Research Ethics Digest highlight new research and scholarship related to ethics and regulation that affect—and potentially enhance—daily work.

The Research Ethics Digest Self-Study Program allows PRIM&R members to earn continuing education credits, which can be applied toward their Certified IRB Professional (CIP®) credential, Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CPIA®) credential recertification, or other professional credentials they may hold.