Useful Links

Regulations & Ethics

Federal Regulations

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

• 45 CFR 46 - Protection of Human Subjects

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• 21 CFR 50 - Protection of Human Subjects
• 21 CFR 56 - Institutional Review Boards

Federal Guidelines

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Guidelines on Women and Minorities
• Inclusion of Children Policy Implementation
• Research Involving Individuals with Questionable Capacity to Consent: Points to Consider

Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

• Health Information Privacy for Research
• Protecting Personal Health Information in Research: Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Ethical Codes

• Belmont Report
• World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki

Organizations

• Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
  PRIM&R is committed to the advancement of strong research programs and to the consistent application of ethical precepts in both medicine and research.

Other Sites of Interest

• University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics
• NIH Bioethics Resources on the Web
• President's Council on Bioethics
• Human Genome Project