Position Held: Ensuring Protection of Human Subjects
Partnering Organization(s): Northern California Cancer Center
Populations Served: Participants in Cancer Research Studies
Location: Bay Area
This an ongoing project: Yes
There are opportunities for student involvement in work: No
Description: Tobin currently serves as co-chair of the IRB for the Northern California Cancer Center. The IRB reviews proposals for research projects that involve participation by human subjects. These reviews are designed to ensure that research projects are designed to protect the participants who make the research possible and to ensure that they are informed about any risks that are involved in a research project.