Institutional Review Board

An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a federally mandated organization of scientific and non-scientific persons, whose charge is to review research studies involving human subjects to ensure subject safety and welfare. While responsibility for the conduct of a research study ultimately lies with the Principal Investigator, an IRB is to ensure that any research study under its jurisdiction is in compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations. By special arrangement, the Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University Health Sciences Campus IRB may also review protocols from Tufts Medford Campus

The Tufts Medical Center (Tufts Medical Center) and Tufts University Health Sciences (TUHS) IRB has jurisdiction over and services Tufts Medical Center Hospital, the Floating Hospital for Children, New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.

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