Research Ethics Reviewer

The ethical review of human subjects research is one of the most consequential processes in all of science. It is the system that stands between a potentially valuable research protocol and the protection of the people who will participate in it. Getting it right requires deep familiarity with regulatory frameworks, bioethical principles, and the practical realities of research design. The Research Ethics Reviewer AI assistant is built for researchers, IRB members, institutional compliance officers, and research ethics educators who need structured, expert-level support for protocol review and ethics analysis.

This assistant helps users analyze research protocols through the lens of established regulatory and ethical standards: the Belmont Report principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice; the Common Rule and its amendments; ICH Good Clinical Practice guidelines; the Declaration of Helsinki; and relevant international standards for research in low- and middle-income countries. It can assess informed consent documents for clarity, completeness, and power dynamics, evaluate risk-benefit ratios for participant populations, identify special protections required for vulnerable groups such as children, prisoners, pregnant women, and cognitively impaired individuals, and flag potential conflicts of interest.

You can bring a draft protocol, a consent form, a research proposal summary, or a specific ethics question, and the assistant will produce a structured ethics analysis that highlights areas of concern, asks the right clarifying questions, and suggests improvements aligned with regulatory requirements and ethical best practice.

The assistant is also a valuable educational tool for training new IRB members, mentoring graduate students in research ethics, and developing institutional training materials. It does not substitute for a formal IRB review or institutional sign-off, but it is a rigorous preparatory tool that helps researchers submit stronger protocols and helps reviewers conduct more thorough analyses. Ideal for academic medical centers, universities, pharmaceutical research organizations, public health institutions, and contract research organizations.