Washington State
The WSIRB Reviews research for DSHS, DOH, L&I, DOC, HCA, OFM, & DCYF.
- Department of Social and Health Services
- Department of Health
- Health Care Authority
- Department of Children, Youth, and Families
- Department of Corrections
- Office of Financial Management
- Department of Labor and Industries
Research in DSHS/DOH/L&I/HCA/DOC jurisdiction often is in the jurisdiction of one or more other institutions in Washington State; contact their human subjects offices at the links below:
- University of Washington Human Subjects Division
- Washington State University Institutional Review Board
- Seattle Children's - Institutional Review Board
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Institutional Review Office
- Group Health Cooperative Human Subjects: (206)287-2919
- Swedish Medical Center Institutional Review Board
- Institutional Review Board Spokane
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Institutional Review Board
- Eastern Washington University Human Subject Compliance
- Central Washington University Human Subjects Review Program
- Western Washington University Human Subjects
Federal
The Office for Human Research Protections administers the DHHS human subjects protection process; the NIH and CDC are major funders of human subjects research; the FDA regulates research involving investigational new drugs and devices (INDs and IDEs).
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Office for Human Research Protections
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Financial Conflict of Interest FAQ
- Certificates of Confidentiality Kiosk
- HIPAA Privacy Rule Information for Researchers
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Food and Drug Administration
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality