The
Institutional Review
Board
IRB's
Role
The UW IRBs/Human Subjects Review Committee
partners with researchers to protect the
rights and welfare of human research subjects
recruited to participate in research activities
conducted under the auspices of the University
of Washington.
Authority
The IRB has the authority to approve, require
modifications in, or disapprove all research
activities that fall within its jurisdiction
as specified by federal regulations,
state law, and institutional policy.
History
of IRBs
Recognition
of the need for guidelines
dealing with human subjects
in research emerged following
the Nuremberg trials,
where the medical experimentation
abuses of World War II
Nazi doctors came to
public attention. This
led to the creation of
the Nuremberg Code in
1945, the first legal
attempt to deal with
ethical issues of modern
research. As biomedical
research efforts expanded
the international need
for a more specific code
of ethics was formulated
in the 1964 Declaration
of Helsinki.
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Per federal regulations,
UW IRB committees
include research
scientists, community
members, non-scientists,
and others.
Federal
IRB Regulations
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Federal Wide Assurance
FWA#: FWA00006878
Exp. Date: 06/29/2010
Navy Addendum to the UW FWA - 12/11/07 (pdf) 156 kb
DoD N-A0046
Exp. Date: 01/10/2010
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