Daniel K. Nelson
Research Associate Professor

DANIEL NELSON is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Pediatrics, and Director, Office of Human Research Ethics at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Trained in medical physiology, Nelson previously held faculty appointments at the Mayo Clinic, with a fellowship conducting human studies in Europe; and the University of Rochester, where he was director of research in a clinical gastroenterology unit and chair of a hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB). His move to UNC-Chapel Hill in 1998 represented a fulltime commitment to research ethics, and he now has global responsibility for 7 IRBs that oversee 4000 research studies.

A national leader in the field of human research protections, Nelson has served as past-president of the Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA); charter member of the Council for Accreditation, Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) and the Council for Certification of IRB Professionals (CCIP); founding co-chair of the IRB-Sponsor Roundtable; consultant to the federal Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP); and as liaison to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC). In 2006 he was appointed to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP, DHHS), and co-chairs a subcommittee to review and make recommendations on the regulations that govern this area (the “Common Rule”). Nelson is also a co-investigator on several NIH grants on issues surrounding research ethics, and frequently lectures on related topics

Curriculum Vitae

You may contact Professor Nelson by email: daniel_nelson@unc.edu; by phone at: (919) 966-5833; or by post at: CB #7097, Medical School Building #52/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7097.

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