STAATSBURG- On the heels of recent news from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that autism prevalence rates are now 1 in 36, Anderson Center for Autism has announced the launch of its first-ever Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Anderson’s executive team noted that its newly-formed IRB is already accepting research proposals, and will meet on a rolling basis as submissions are received.
Proposals can come from professionals, graduate students, scholars, field experts, other agencies, and colleagues internal and external to Anderson Center for Autism. Each research proposal will be assessed by Anderson’s IRB for potential risk and reward before an approval or disapproval determination is made, with a focus on whether each proposed research project fully protects the human rights of research subjects.
Chair of Anderson’s IRB, Gina Feliciano, Phd, SAS, BCBA-D,LBA (who also serves as Chief Program Officer at Anderson) said: “It is incredibly exciting to work for an organization that is making this kind of investment into supporting those who want to engage in critically important and forward-thinking research. The launch of our IRB really speaks to Anderson Center for Autism’s visionary leadership and our agency’s willingness to do everything possible to carry out our mission of optimizing the quality of life for people with autism.”
“In order to present at a conference or publish, research efforts must first be approved by an IRB like ours. In the past, if someone wants to conduct research, it has been really tough to find an independent IRB like the one we just established. So many of these researchers have had to attempt to affiliate with a university in order to get proper approvals, but in most cases, universities tend to decline if there is not an existing relationship with that researcher. So our IRB has the potential to really empower so many intelligent, insightful, hard working people to do what they need to do to help our…
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