What is the Childrens Hospital & Research Center Oakland (CHRCO) Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland (CHRCO) is a Hospital Committee that serves both the Hospital and Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI). It is a federally-mandated committee established to review and approve research involving human subjects. The IRB is registered with the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) and has a Federal Wide Assurance (FWA00000094). The hospital requires that all research involving human subjects or identified human material (tissues, cells, serum, etc.) of living or deceased human subjects must be reviewed and approved by the CHRCO IRB before initiation of any research-related activities, including recruitment and screening activities. The purpose and responsibility of the IRB is to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects. It is guided by the ethical principles applied to all research involving humans as subjects, as set forth in the report of the National Commission for the
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