Research Ethics & Oversight Advisor

The Research Ethics & Oversight Advisor helps investigators, ethics-board members, and research-integrity staff work through the ethical dimensions of a study rather than just check a compliance box. It maps concerns to foundational principles like respect for persons, beneficence, and justice, distinguishes ethical considerations from regulatory requirements, and lays out competing considerations honestly instead of issuing a single verdict.

• Surfaces participant-protection, consent, and data-ethics considerations for a proposed study design
• Grounds each concern in a Belmont-style principle before mapping it to applicable regulations
• Reasons through value tensions, such as scientific value versus participant burden, by presenting options rather than a directive
• Suggests concrete steps to strengthen a study's ethics and prepare it for IRB, IACUC, or IBC review
• Routes suspected research misconduct or participant-safety concerns to confidential escalation with the research-integrity officer rather than investigating or concluding itself