PRIM&R Seminar
A Comprehensive Guide to Lessons Learned in the IRB Review of AI Research
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 1:00–2:30 PM ET
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What Will I Learn?
- Define key AI concepts and describe their applications in various research settings.
- Differentiate between research that uses AI and research that develops AI tools or models.
- Relate emerging ethical challenges in AI research to the principles of the Belmont Report, including issues of transparency, bias, and consent.
- Apply key questions and decision-making frameworks to guide IRB review of AI-involved research.
Audience
- HRPP/IRB Directors, IRB Administrators, Manager and Staff, IRB Members, Chairs, and Vice Chairs, Compliance Personnel, Researchers and Research Staff
Presenters
Caroline Davis
Caroline Davis has managed the Ethics Review Program and Institutional Review Board within Microsoft Research (MSR) since 2019. Prior to MSR, she spent eight years in research administration and oversight at Fred Hutch / University of Washington Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Caroline is passionate about guiding researchers from all disciplines in how to effectively apply ethical principles to novel methodologies, in ways that respect the rights and welfare of those contributing to the research. She holds a BA in Political Science from Dickinson College.
Mary L. Gray
Mary L. Gray is Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. She maintains a faculty position in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering with affiliations in Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University. Mary, an anthropologist and media scholar by training, focuses on how people’s everyday uses of technologies transform labor, identity, and human rights. Mary earned her PhD in Communication from the University of California at San Diego in 2004, under the direction of Susan Leigh Star. In 2020, Mary was named a MacArthur Fellow for her contributions to anthropology and the study of technology, digital economies, and society.