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  • White River Junction Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
    White River Junction, Vermont
  • Food and Drug Administration
    The FDA is one of the federal oversight agencies for IRBs.
    Connect to this web page to obtain information on specific regulations.
  • Office for Human Research Protections
    OHRP is another federal oversight agency for IRBs. Connect to this page for OHRP guidelines and regulations pertaining to IRBs.
  • Certificates of Confidentiality
    Please reference this NIH webpage for information about applying for a Certificate of Confidentiality to protect the privacy of research study participants.
  • Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research
    PRIM&R is a national IRB organization that issues guidelines for IRBs.
  • National Institute of Health
    The mission of the National Institute of Health is to improve overall human health through biomedical and behavioral research. The NIH carefully monitors its research to ensure the equitable treatment of human subjects.
  • The Nuremberg Code
    The Nuremberg code, written in 1947 after the Nuremberg Trials, was the first code for research ethics. It is one of the ethical guidelines used by IRBs, including the CPHS, in their review of studies.
  • The Belmont Report
    Released in 1978, this report expands on the Nuremberg Code. It is a statement of basic ethical principles and guidelines designed to help resolvethe ethical problems in the conduct of research with human subjects.
  • Council of International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
    CIOMS is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization to facilitate and promote international activities in the field of biomedical sciences. Visit this site for an overview on CIOMS and a description of its objectives.
  • The Declaration of Helsinki
    This declaration, adopted by the World Medical Assembly in 1964, is a list of recommendations for the conduct of Biomedical research, emphasizing consideration for the welfare of subjects and patients.