The IRB is one component of the Human Research Protections Program (HRPP) at the University of Pennsylvania. The attached guidance explains how the Penn HRPP components work together to ensure all research is well-designed to meet its aims and will result in meaningful data that contributes to generalizable knowledge, while also protecting human subjects.
Click here to download the Scientific and Scholarly Validity of Human Subject Research guidance
The following offices and entities are involved in other institutional reviews and approvals at Penn:
University Offices and Committees
- Office of the Vice Provost of Research
- Human Research Advisory Committee
- Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee
- Conflict of Interest Standing Committee (CISC)
- Penn Audit, Compliance and Privacy
- Office of General Counsel
Penn Medicine Offices and Committees
- Radiation Research Safety Committee (RRSC) and Radiation Drug Research Committee (RDRC)
- Cancer Center's Clinical Trials Scientific Review Committee (CTSRMC)
- Institutional Biosafety Committee
- Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (CAMRIS)
- Center for Advanced Computed Tomography Imaging Services (CACTIS)
- The Office of Clinical Research
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PLM)
- Center for Human Phenomic Science (CHPS) [formerly the CTRC]
- Princeton Health Scientific Review Committee (PHSRC)
For a list of Contracts Offices, please see: Agreement / Contracts under Agreements for the Sharing of Data and Specimens
Human Research Protections Navigation Tool
Utilize the Navigation Tool below to determine which reviews and approvals may be necessary.
