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Reasons why an IRB might flag your study

Michelle Beddow: "You credit 'The Hunger Games' as the inspiration for the procedure."

John Mohl: "You want to do a psychological study."

Jonathan Blasberg: "Your name is Stanley Milgram."

Carmen Ramirez Walker: "You've attached electrodes to the IRB chair and said, 'This won't hurt a bit.'"