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Dear SDOH colleagues,

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) and the Tuskegee University
National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care (the Bioethics 
Center) invite you to participate in their jointly sponsored Educational 
Conference Call Series on Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Ethical Issues 
in Research.

The series is intended to increase understanding of the role of IRBs and other
mechanisms for assuring that human subjects research is ethical and appropriate
- both at individual and community levels. The aim of the series is to provide 
a comprehensive understanding of the options and tools necessary for 
communities to determine the approach that is best for them. The series will 
also inform the development of future initiatives undertaken by CCPH and the 
Bioethics Center on IRBs and ethical issues in community-campus partnerships.

Online registration is now open for Call #2 and Call #3 in the series. Please
see details below. The calls are free, but the number of incoming lines is
limited. To maximize participation, we encourage gathering colleagues to 
dial-in together using one phone line with speaker phone capabilities. Those 
completing the online form will be notified as to whether their registration is 
confirmed, and sent instructions for dialing into the call. Handouts and 
digital audiofiles will be posted on the CCPH website at www.ccph.info shortly 
after each call takes place. To learn more about the series, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_012607.htm#MessagefromourED

If you have comments and suggestions on the call series, including ideas for
additional call topics, please contact the call series organizers CCPH Program
Director Kristine Wong ([log in to unmask]) or CCPH Graduate Research
Assistant Jessica Grignon ([log in to unmask]).

Call #1 entitled "What is an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and What Purpose
does it Serve?" took place on February 14, 2007.  An audiofile of the call and
other resources are available at:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html

Call #2 - March 14, 2007, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
Highlighting the Importance of the Non-Affiliated (Community) IRB Member

Moderator:
*Vanessa Northington Gamble, Director of the Bioethics Center

Speakers:
*Elda Railey, Co-Founder, Research Advocacy Network, Arlington Heights,
Illinois
*Mary Lou Smith, Co-Founder, Research Advocacy Network, Arlington
Heights, Illinois
*Lucille Webb, Director, Strengthening the Black Family, Raleigh, North
Carolina and North Carolina State Department of Public Health IRB
Non-Affiliated (Community) Member
*Gigi McMillan, Director, We Can Pediatric Brain Tumor Network, Los
Angeles, California and University of California - Los Angeles IRB
Non-Affiliated (Community) Member

Elda Railey and Mary Lou Smith of Research Advocacy Network will discuss the
history and role of community (non-affiliated and non-scientific) members on
IRBs.  They will provide the results of focus groups of IRB administors and
community members that demonstrate the value of having community members on 
IRBs and the challenges they face in representing the community.  Lucille Webb 
will demonstrate the benefits of the lay perspective through discussion of her
experience as an IRB community member with North Carolina State Department of
Public Health.  Gigi McMillan will also discuss her role as a community IRB
member at University of California, Los Angeles, and she will highlight her
efforts to create support systems and ongoing training opportunities that
strengthen the role of the community member.

To register for this call, complete the online registration form at
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/kristine/31948

Call #3 - Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Proposals and the Human Subjects
Review Process: Methods for Working with University IRBs

Moderator:
*Vanessa Northington Gamble, Director of the Bioethics Center

Speakers:
*Sherril Gelmon, Professor of Public Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of
Government, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
*Ruth Malone, Professor, School of Nursing, University of California – San
Francisco, San Francisco, California
*Elleen Yancey, Director, Morehouse University School of Medicine Prevention
Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia

This call will cover:
*Promising practices and helpful tips for getting IRB approval for CBPR 
projects
*Methods for developing an understanding of CBPR among IRBs
*Models for moving CBPR through the University IRB process
*How to improve communication between IRBs and CBPR practitioners

To register for this call, complete the online registration form at
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/ccphuw/33262

ABOUT THE CO-SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the Tuskegee University
National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care have established a
partnership to advance their shared goal of meaningfully involving communities
in decisions made about every aspect of research. In particular, the 
partnership is focused on engaging Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
and the communities they serve. The first outcome of the partnership is a 
jointly sponsored Educational Conference Call Series on Institutional Review 
Boards and Ethical Issues in Research.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Founded in 1996, CCPH is a growing network of over 1,300 communities and
campuses across North America and increasingly the world that are collaborating
to promote health through service-learning, community-based participatory
research, broad-based coalitions and other partnership strategies. What ties
CCPH members together is their commitment to social justice and their passion
for the power of partnerships to transform communities and academe. CCPH
advances its mission by disseminating information, providing training and
technical assistance, conducting research and evaluations, developing and
influencing policies, and building coalitions.  Learn more about CCPH at
www.ccph.info

The Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and
Health Care, promotes racial and ethnic diversity in the field of bioethics and
in public debates about bioethical issues. Established in 1999, its mission is
to promote equity and justice in health and health care. The Bioethics Center 
is the nation's first bioethics center dedicated to addressing bioethical 
issues of importance to African Americans and other underserved populations. It 
is also the only bioethics center at a Historically Black College and 
University.  The Bioethics Center carries out its mission by conducting 
education and training programs, fostering respectful community partnerships, 
advancing interdisciplinary research, and advocating public policies that 
improve the health and health care of all Americans, particularly the 
underserved. Learn more about the Bioethics Center at
http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/category.asp?C=35026

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly
defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational
institutions.  Become a member today at www.ccph.info

CCPH 10th Anniversary Conference, April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto
"Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change"
Register today at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html
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