D02 - Embedding a Racial Justice Lens into Research and IRB Review With Human Subjects—How to Be an Anti-Racist at Work Every Day

Thursday, November 18, 2021

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Location: Livestreamed

Session Disclaimer: This presentation includes details of graphic historical racial abuse that may be triggering in some people. The intent is to lay the foundation for equity and justice in the research process, which hopefully creates an environment for sustainable change.

Questions not answered live during the session, along with responses, can be accessed by clicking on the Session Handouts button next to Dr. Walker's name.

This session will highlight racism in research design, both in medical and non-medical research, while providing attendees with methods to address these issues in the ethics review process. Approaches and guidance documents generated from a working group on Black Lives Matter in Research will be used with specific case studies. "It is time for researchers to take a knee, because black lives matter, even in research" (Mnguni, L. (2020). #BlackLivesMatter, even in research: A call to researchers to take a knee South African Journal of Science, 116(spe), 1-5.)

Learning Objectives:

Bring attention and awareness to implicit bias and racism in research design and in ethics review processes
Share approaches and documents to assist IRB professionals in addressing Black Lives in research review
Explore approaches for IRB professional that will assist researchers radically change research design

Speaker(s)

Hila F. Berger, MPH, CIP, CHC

Montclair State University
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Doretha Walker, MPA, PhD

Florida Gulf Coast University
Anniston, AL