The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
Volume 145, Issue 2 , Pages 65-71 , February 2005

Searching for an efficient institutional review board review model: Interrelationship of trainee-investigators, funding, and initial approval

  • Roberto A. Dominguez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Norman H. Altman, VMD, Vice Provost for Research, University of Miami, Office of Research, Sewell Building (R-64), PO Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101.
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  • Daniel J. Feaster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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  • Leo B. Twiggs

      Affiliations

    • Human Subjects Research Office, and the Office of Research, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
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  • Norman H. Altman

      Affiliations

    • Human Subjects Research Office, and the Office of Research, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.

Received 18 August 2004 ,Revised 29 November 2004

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 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant award S07-RR-018143 and by National Institutes of Drug Abuse Cooperative Agreement U10-DA-13720.

PII: S0022-2143(04)00349-X

doi: 10.1016/j.lab.2004.11.017

The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
Volume 145, Issue 2 , Pages 65-71 , February 2005

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