Resources for Human Research Protection Programs

Organizations

AccreditStation is a web-based program designed to prepare an AAHRPP application. AccreditStation software streamlines the AAHRPP application process – collecting and organizing all the necessary documents in one central location; quickly and accurately assembling the complete application in the required PDF format with an updated index and bookmarks.

Uni-Corn LLC. is a designated AccreditStation alliance partner. Uni-Corn provides professional value added services such as pre-account consulting, account set-up, training, and support. One service fee to Uni-Corn covers your client services until the gain of AAHRPP accreditation.

Illuminata, Inc. is a news service on research with human subjects. For a modest fee of $28 a year you receive 48 copies of the communication “News in Research With Human Subjects”. Each issue has a compendium of pertinent articles and information on new and pending regulations. Each listed item is accompanied by a web link. The service provides a way of devising some useful continuing education opportunities for a HRPP, especially for IRB members.

Regulations & Guidance Documents

Education & Training Sources

CITI provides effective training materials in Human Subjects Protection, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS), Lab Animal Welfare and Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR).
See this excellent article that describes this as an international online resource.
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Calendars and Meetings

Publications

ACCREDITATION HSP and Accreditation: Growing Pains and Successes Mark First Seven Years. By John H. Mather and Terry Hartnett.

  • Article on the history of the development of accreditation for HRPPs in the USA and now extending internationally._
  • Reproduced with permission from Medical Reseach Law & Policy Report, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Feb. 20, 2008) pps 117-125. Copyright 2008 by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033)
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OPINION: Veterans as Human Subjects, Are They Uniquely Vulnerable?
By John H. Mather and Jonathan Moreno.

  • Article on veterans as a vulnerable population.
  • Reproduced with permission from Medical Reseach Law & Policy Report, Vol. 1, No. 10 (Aug. 7, 2002) pps 308-310. Copyright 2008 by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033)
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Comment on regulations and their insufficiency

  • Reproduced with permission from ACRP. The Monitor, June 2008 pps 15-16
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EDITORIAL: Regulatory; The Long Haul

ARTICLE: Outsourcing IRB Support – An Alternative IRB Alternative

  • Reproduced with permission from ACRP. The Monitor, June 2008 pps 19-24
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Article on the response of the VA to subject protection

  • Reproduced with permission from ACRP. The Monitor, June 2008 pps 35-38
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