Speaker:
David Forster, JD, MA, CIP
Chief Compliance Officer
WIRB-Copernicus Group
Topic: IRB Chair's Discussion
Session Time: 9.00am
Session Objectives:
• This is an opportunity for those attendees with leadership roles to gather for facilitated discussions about their programs and to continue the work of building a network for this group.
Speaker Bio:
David G. Forster, JD, MA, CIP has a law degree and a Masters in medical ethics from the University of Washington, joined Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) in 1996 and is currently the Chief Compliance Officer, Office of Compliance for both Western Institutional Review Board and Copernicus Group Independent Review Board. David co-chairs the SACHRP Sub-Committee on Harmonization (SOH), and serves on the Certified IRB Professional (CIP) Council and the Harvard Multiregional Clinical Trials Work Group (MRCT). He completed a four-year term as a member of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) in 2012, and separate terms as a member of the SACHRP Sub-Committee on Inclusion of Individuals with Impaired Decision-Making in Research (SIIIDR) and the World Health Organization Quality Management and Evaluation Advisory Committee (QMAC).
Speaker Contact Details:
(360) 252-2428