Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Human Research Review Section (HRRS)

• Washington State Agency Policy on Protection of Human Research Subjects (Revised April 2003) – Comprehensive statement of policies governing the conduct of research in DSHS/DOH/L&I jurisdiction.
• Washington State Institutional Review Board Procedures Manual (November 2007) - Detailed guide of WSIRB operations.
• WSIRB Overview
• Activity Report - July 2006 to December 2007 - An overview of the purpose and function of the human research review process, a description of major activities and research proposals reviewed during this period.

Previous year's Activity Reports:

2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

Project Logs:

2006, 2005, 2004

Other

• CDC Guidelines for Defining Public Health Research and Public Health Non-Research – A framework for deciding whether surveillance, disease investigations and program evaluation activities constitute research or non-research.
• IRB Guidebook - Discusses key concepts and issues to consider in reviewing human subjects research; published by the DHHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP).
• The Belmont Report – Three basic ethical principles governing research involving human subjects, and how these principles are applied to the Review of human subjects research.