Office of Research and Regulatory Compliance

News/Announcements

1 October 2025
Effective October 1, 2025, the Office of Human and Animal Research Oversight (OHARO) has been renamed the Office of Research and Regulatory Compliance (ORRC). Please note that updates to documents and resources are ongoing. The OHRO, ACURO, and IRBO titles remain unchanged.

23 July 2025
Ask a Human Research Protection Official - Office Hours for MRDC Programs, Performers and Researchers

6 May 2025
As of May 6, 2025, the DHA R&D-MRDC CITI Training Program account name has been changed from "US Army Medical Research and Development Command" to "DHA R&D." You should see this change reflected in your account if it was associated with the US Army Medical Research and Development Command. If this is the case, there is no need to re-affiliate. The LMS ID assigned to the account has remained the same (ID: 648). Please reach out to the following email if you have any questions or concerns:
dha.detrick.mrdc.mbx.oharo@health.mil

7 March 2024
USAMRDC Proposal Submission Form

The Office of Research and Regulatory Compliance (ORRC) ensures that USAMRDC conducted, contracted, sponsored, supported or managed research and U.S. Army Medical Command investigations involving human subjects, human anatomical substances or animals are conducted in accordance with Federal, DoD, Army, USAMRDC, and international regulatory requirements.

In addition, the ORRC:

Provides guidance regarding MRDC human subjects protection and animal welfare policies and procedures;
Develops educational activities for persons conducting or managing research;
Implements an active compliance oversight program; and
Implements the Army Policy, Army Policy for Use of Human Cadavers for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Education or Training ( 146 KB).

The ORRC has three major subordinate offices:

U.S. Army

MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND

Office of Research and Regulatory Compliance

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