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Biography of Lindsay McNair

Dr. Lindsay McNair received her BS in Biology from Trinity College, her Master’s of Science and Bioethics from Union Graduate College/ Mount Sinai School of Medicine, her MPH from Boston University, and her medical degree from University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Lindsay’s responsibilities include regulatory and medical oversight of Institutional Review Board’s (IRB) and consulting on IRB functions and operations, ethical policies and practices, and ethical polices related to clinical research.  In her previous positions, she has provided training for IRB’s and clinical research teams on clinical trial design and research ethics and performed on-site inspections of IRB’s and human research protection programs.  She is the associate editor for the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Ethics.