Scientific Officer,

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Non-technical Members: Contributions to

Human Ethics Committees:

• closest in profile to most study participants

• most objective members of the HEC

• not too caught up with scientific validity

Tessie George, BARC

1st FERCI National Conference Nov 2011

Non-technical Members: Challenges they

face:

the review and evaluation process,

They cannot understand the scientific

nuances of protocols; a drawback in:

the review and evaluation process,

a proper risk-benefit analysis,

judging the causality and relatedness of SAEs

Tessie George, BARC

1st FERCI National Conference Nov 2011

The challenges can be minimized by

• re-introducing the Ethical Questionnaire,

• forming Non-technical Member Societies• forming Non-technical Member Societies

• creating glossaries of technical terms

• assigning appropriate protocols in the agenda

Tessie George, BARC

1st FERCI National Conference Nov 2011