Populations Requiring Additional Protections Track

2019 AER Conference

Advanced

B19 - Research With Native American and Indigenous Populations: Ethical and Regulatory Perspectives

Speaker(s)

• 

  Jyoti Angal, MPH CIP
  

  Director , Clinical Research, Avera Research Institute
  
• 

  Heather L. Larsen, MEd
  

  Research Specialist, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (Sioux Tribe)
  
• 

  Anita B. Frederick, MS Management
  

  President, Tribal Nations Research Group
  

This session will provide attendees with an overview of tribal IRB processes. The speakers will address common challenges in navigating the regulatory landscape of research with Native American populations and on tribal lands and provide examples of successful collaborations. During this session, speakers and attendees will:

Learning Objectives:

• Provide an overview of the research and collaborative initiatives of the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health
• Discuss specific and unique ethical and regulatory aspects to conducting research with Native American and Indigenous populations and on tribal lands
• Outline the specific ethical considerations of conducting research on an Indigenous population from a Western perspective versus using indigenous methodologies to understand their experiences
• Reflect on the revised Common Rule changes affecting tribal sovereignty and IRBs
• Review the Tribal IRB Toolkit