Who oversees research at Spectrum Health?
All research involving patients at Spectrum Health Hospitals and/or clinics is overseen by the Spectrum Health Research and Human Rights Committee, also known as the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Research must be performed in compliance with regulations and guidelines established by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
