Governing AI‐Driven Health Research: Are IRBs Up to the Task?

• DOI: 10.1002/eahr.500085
• Publication Date: 2021-03-08T13:08:01Z
• Authors: Phoebe Friesen; Rachel Douglas‐Jones; Mason Marks; Robin Pierce; Katherine Fletcher; Abhishek Mishra; Jessica Lorimer; Carissa Véliz; Nina Hallowell; Mackenzie Graham; Mei Sum Chan; Huw Davies; Taj Sallamuddin
• Keywords: Research Ethics

ABSTRACT Many are calling for concrete mechanisms of oversight health research involving artificial intelligence (AI). In response, institutional review boards (IRBs) being turned to as a familiar model governance. Here, we examine the IRB form ethics that uses AI. We consider model's origins, analyze challenges IRBs facing in contexts both industry and academia, offer recommendations how these committees might be adapted order provide an effective mechanism health‐related AI research.