DIVISION OF RESEARCH INTEGRITY
Training and Educational Resources
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Guidance for Researchers
- Northeastern University's Policies & Procedures for Human Research Protections
- Research on Human Specimens: Are You Conducting Research Using Human Subjects?
- FAQs about Research Using Human Specimens, Cell Lines or Data
- Protecting Personal Health Information in Research: Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Certificates of Confidentiality
- Online Surveys
- Statistical Tools
Federal Agencies
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- National Institutes of Health - Office of Human Subjects Research (OHSR)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
IRB Library
- NIH - IRB Computer-Based Training
- OHRP - Protecting Human Research Subjects: Institutional Review Board Guidebook
- OHRP - Policy Guidance Topics
- HHS - Institutional Review Boards and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
- OHRP - Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts
- FDA - Information Sheet Guidances
- Office of Research Integrity Newsletter
Ethical Codes
U.S. Government Regulations
- 45 CFR 46, HHS Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects
- 21 CFR 50 and 56, FDA Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
- HIPAA Administrative Simplification - Regulation Text (unofficial version, amended through 2/16/2006)
Online Training
- NIH Office of Extramural Research web-based tutorial "Protecting Human Research Participants" - satisfies the NIH human subjects training requirement for obtaining Federal Funds.
- Human Subject Assurance Training (OHRP)
- NIH - IRB Computer-Based Training
last update: Wednesday, March 19, 2008

