Federal and State Regulations & Guidance Materials for Human Subjects Research and Institutional Review Board (IRB)

  • (“The World Medical Association has developed the Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving human subjects.”)
  • – Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

  • – Federal Regulations for the Protection of Human Subject – applies to ALL human subjects studies

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • : Frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the NIH Education Requirement
  • Special Topics:

National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • – NSF Policy for human subjects research (HSR)
  • – NSF interpretation of Common Rule and Behavioral and Social Science Research

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Studies using investigational drugs, devices or biologics

  • – FDA Regulations for Protection of Human Subjects
  • – FDA Regulations for Institutional Review Boards

Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

HIPPA Regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

Department of Defense (DoD)