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Human Research Protection Program - FWA00005399

Program Components

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) is an integrated institution-wide program coordinated by the Graduate School Office of Research Policy in concert with the Associate Deans for Research of the College of Letters and Science, School of Education and School of Medicine and Public Health, which house the four campus Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), and in consultation with the Office of Administrative Legal Services.

Other components of the UW-Madison HRPP include:

• Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC)
• Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)
• Office of Clinical Trials (OCT)
• Pharmaceutical Research Center (PRC)
• Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
• Radiation Safety (RS)
• Conflict of Interest (COI)
• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP).

Human Research Protections Helpline

Anonymous Reporting Available

Contact us anonymously by phone, if you have suggestions or concerns about human research protections at UW-Madison. 

You can also contact us by email if anonymity is not a concern.

Note! Researchers with protocol questions must contact the IRB office.

News and Announcements

Announcements

• Bill Barker, PhD, Named Director of Office of Research Policy, Graduate School (4/4/2013)

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• HS IRBs News and Announcements
• ED/SBS IRBs News and Announcements

• ED/SBS IRBs Human Research Protection Seminars (1/1/2013)
• HS IRBs IRB for Beginners Workshop (1/1/2013)
• OHRP Offers Free Webinars on Investigator Responsibilities (1/1/2013)
• OHRP Conferences

• Instructions for Certificate of Confidentiality Applications (3/13/2012)

NIH News

• Marshfield Clinic Mobile App Wins DHHS' Million Hearts Risk Check Competition
• NIH to Begin Enforcing NIH Open-Access Policy (11/19/2012)
  • Webinar: Upcoming Changes to NIH Public Access Policy & Implications to Awards (1/15/2013)
  • Campus Assistance with NIH Public Access Policy (Ebling Library)
• NIH launches blog on behavioral and social sciences research (1/22/2013)

OHRP News

• UW-Madison Law Professor Pilar Ossorio Appointed to DHHS Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (9/26/2012)
• OHRP Educational Videos (via YouTube or RealPlayer)

Research Use of Human Biological Specimens and Other Private Information

Reviewing and Reporting Unanticipated Problems and Adverse Events

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Membership

General Informed Consent Requirements