title: Developing capacity to protect human research subjects in a post-conflict, resource-constrained setting: procedures and prospects.
abstract: The capacity-building strategy used by a US-based research organisation, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), to strengthen the system for the protection of human research subjects and the infrastructure of its international collaborating partner, the University of Liberia, are discussed. To conduct the much-needed biomedical and social science-based research-related activities in the future, this partnership is expected by PIRE to gradually evolve over time to strengthen the capacity of the local investigators and administrators of the University of Liberia. Accordingly, a unique opportunity to share technology and resources with a post-conflict, resource-constrained country is created by this partnership. This capacity-building model to strengthen the protection of human subjects in research can also be replicated in similar resource-constrained international settings and, accordingly, our experiences and limitations are shared in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (PIRE), Louisville Center, 1300 S Fourth Street, Suite 300, Louisville, KY 40208, USA. kennedy@pire.org
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oudemans
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kollie
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nisbett
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bartee
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: George-Williams
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D003906:Developing Countries; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007988:Liberia; D035842:Research Subjects; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare