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What We Do

We conduct ethics reviews for research that includes humans as participants. This includes biomedical research and social and behavioral sciences research.

Mission

To protect the rights and welfare of human research participants by ensuring compliance with state and federal laws, as well as the high ethical standards set forth in University policy

Vision

To provide the University and national research communities with the support and resources they need to conduct high quality research, using innovative and efficient operational practices.

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Accreditation History

AAHRPP Accreditation: The University of Utah Institutional Review Board has the Full Accreditation by the Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. (AAHRPP). The University of Utah IRB achieved initial full accreditation by AAHRPP on June 15, 2007.

Learn more about AAHRPP accreditation at https://aahrpp.org/.

Your IRB at a Glance

Expertise
Expertise
We have review expertise for a wide variety of research, including: Common Rule, FDA, Exception from Informed Consent (EFIC), HIPAA, Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, fetuses, neonates, children, prisoners, individuals with cognitive impairment, and genetic research.
Expertise
SIRB
SIRB
We are a fully-functioning Single IRB (SIRB) and provide IRB review services for multi-site research across the United States. We have served as the SIRB for many multi-site trials, with up to 40+ participating sites per trial. We were an early adopter of the SMART IRB Authorization Agreement, which has become the national standard for reliance agreements.
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