The Graduate School

Policies and Guidance

UW-Madison Policies

• UW-Madison Policy for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research

• The First ("Final") and Second reports by the Bioethics Advisory Committee on hESC research at UW Madison can be found at:

  • http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/bac_report.html
  • http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/bac_report2.html
• PI Status for UW-Madison hESC Protocols
• Request for Approval to Serve as PI
• UW-Madison SCRO Committee Conflict of Interest Policy
• UW-Madison Guidance on Research involving the Creation of Human/Nonhuman Chimeras
• UW-Madison SCRO Multisite Reseach Policy
• UW-Madison SCRO Full and Expedited Review Policy
• UW-Madison SCRO Initial Review, Continuing Review, and Changes of Protocol Policy

UW-Madison Stem Cell Research Resources

• UW-Madison Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center
• WiCell: responsible for distributing the UW's hPSC lines as well as reviewing and negotiating agreements for obtaining hPSC lines from WiCell and the National Stem Cell Bank.

• Clinical and Translational Research Core (formerly GCRC): reviews protocols that will be using CTRC facilities or services.

• Health Sciences Institutional Review Boards (IRBs): reviews hPSC research protocols involving interaction or intervention with human subjects or using identifiable hPSC lines.

• Institutional Biosafety Committee / Office of Biological Safety: reviews the research use of recombinant DNA and its derivatives.

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: reviews all research protocols involving the use of animals. The Research Animal Resources Center web site has information about all of the local Animal Care and Use Committees.

• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP): administers extramurally sponsored programs and reviews and negotiates material transfer agreements for hPSC lines obtained from non-UW sources.

• Research Safety Committee (RSC): reviews protocols possessing health hazards, such as gene transfer studies, and protocols intentionally exposing subjects to infectious agents. The phone number for RSC is (608) 263-8902.

• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF): reviews invention disclosure forms for new discoveries and manages UW's intellectual property.

Other Stem Cell Research Policy Resources

• National Institutes of Health Guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research

• National Institutes of Health Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry

• Understanding Stem Cells: An Overview of the Science and Issues

• The National Academy of Sciences' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

• The 2007 Amendments to the NAS Guidelines

• The National Academies: Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee

• Stem Cell Information: The Official National Institutes of Health resource for stem cell research

• The National Stem Cell Bank: responsible for banking, characterizing, and distributing hPSC lines listed on the NIH registry. The web site is located at http://www.wicell.org/.