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Tonya Ferraro, MEd

Boston Children's Hospital

Tonya Ferraro is the Senior IRB QI Consultant of EQuIP (Education and Quality Improvement Program) at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH). Before BCH, Tonya served as a Senior IRB Administrator at Harvard University. Prior to working in research ethics, she was a Project Manager at the University of Vermont’s Heath Behavior Research Center developing technologies to engage patients in their medical care. She has a BA in Studio Art from Northeastern University and an interdisciplinary MEd from the University of Vermont focusing on research methodologies. Tonya is interested in intersectionality within IRBs and creative approaches in research design and compliance.

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Leveraging IT Insight in IRB Review Leveraging IT Insight in IRB Review
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Discusses why technology-based expertise is critical to human subject protections and how to add IT insights to IRB review.

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Biomedical (Biomed) Comprehensive Biomedical (Biomed) Comprehensive
CME/CEU

This course provides an expansive review of human subjects research topics for biomedical researchers.

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Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) Comprehensive Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) Comprehensive
CME/CEU

This course provides an expansive review of human subjects research topics for social-behavioral-educational researchers.

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IRB Member – Biomedical Focus IRB Member – Biomedical Focus
CME/CEU

Provides foundational training for IRB members involved in the review of biomedical human subjects research.

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IRB Member – Social-Behavioral-Educational Focus IRB Member – Social-Behavioral-Educational Focus
CME/CEU

Provides foundational training for IRB members involved in review of social-behavioral-educational human subjects research.

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IRB Member – Biomedical and Social-Behavioral-Educational Combined IRB Member – Biomedical and Social-Behavioral-Educational Combined
CME/CEU

Provides foundational training for IRB members involved in the review of both biomedical and social-behavioral-educational huma...

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