Does oral history research require IRB review at DePaul?
Late in 2003, the Oral History Association and the American Historical Association announced that the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) had concurred that most oral history projects are not research as defined by the HHS regulations governing human subjects research. In December 2003, OHRP’s Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs, Michael Carome, issued the following, more specific, guidance: OHRP Oral History Guidance. In short, Carome’s guidance maintains that so long as oral history activities meet the federal definition of research according to 45 CFR 46.102(d), then they are still subject to IRB review. It is the IRB’s experience that most DePaul oral history activities are either (a) systematic investigations designed to draw conclusions/generalize findings or (b) designed to produce materials for permanent archiving in the Richardson Library. Carome’s guidance cites these two types of oral history activities as ones that continue to require IRB review and approval.
Late in 2003, the Oral History Association and the American Historical Association announced that the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) had concurred that most oral history projects are not research as defined by the HHS regulations governing human subjects research. In December 2003, OHRP’s Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs, Michael Carome, issued the following, more specific, guidance: OHRP Oral History Guidance. In short, Carome’s guidance maintains that so long as oral history activities meet the federal definition of research according to 45 CFR 46.102(d), then they are still subject to IRB review. It is the IRB’s experience that most DePaul oral history activities are either (a) systematic investigations designed to draw conclusions/generalize findings or (b) designed to produce materials for permanent archiving in the Richardson Library. Carome’s guidance cites these two types of oral history activities as ones that continue to require IRB review and approval.
