As part of AERA’s efforts to shape policy on the protection of human subjects in research, the Association is directly engaged in an ongoing process by the Department of Health and Human Services to revise regulations for human subject protection known as the Common Rule.
AERA, ICPSR, and COSSA Comment on Proposed Revisions to Common Rule January 2016
Proposed Common Rule Revisions Released September 2015 NRC Panel Issues Recommendations on Common Rule January 2014
Social, Behavioral Scientists Offer Insight Into Common Rule August 2013
NRC Panel to Examine Common Rule—Executive Director Levine Appointed January 2013
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) Social and Behavioral Science White Paper on Advance Notice for Proposed Rulemaking Code of Federal Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects (45CFR46) July 2011