The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is hosting its 2nd Annual Exploratory Workshop on September 19, 2019.  The title of the Workshop is Privacy and Health Research in a Data-Driven World.  It will be webcast live and recorded, and is available free of charge. 

The Workshop will explore issues around conceptions of privacy, ways to protect data confidentiality, and how IRBs and review bodies can learn more about protections and ethical oversight of important research.

Sessions will include:

•            Is Privacy a Casualty of Advancing Research?

•            Approaches to Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality

•            Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality: A Shared Responsibility

For the draft agenda and more information, please see:   https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/exploratory-workshop/2019-workshop/index.html