References and Links

Government Organizations

• Army Human Research Protections Office
• CDC Office of the Director of Select Agent Program
• Ethical principals in Psychology Studies
• FDA - Device Advice
• FDA - Device guidance
• FDA - GCP Guidance information
• FDA Office of Combination Products
• HHS - Office of Human Research Protection
• HIPAA privacy rule and its impact on research
• National Institutes of Health
• NIH Certificates of Confidentiality kiosk
• Regulating In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Device Studies
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• VA Office of Research policy documents
• VA/DoD Collaboration Guidebook for Healthcare Research - 2013 (2.83 MB)

Literature Searching (medical, ethics, legal)

• Kennedy Institute of Ethics - Library & Information Services
• National Library of Medicine search engines
• U.S. Code

Writing in Plain Language

• MedicineNet.com Medical Dictionary - definitions of popular medical terms
• Plain Language - U. S. Government
• Plain Language Medical Dictionary

Training and Continuing Education

• Dept. of Energy Community IRB Member Page
• HHS Office for Human Research Protection - Education
• IRB Forum
• NIH - Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams (members only)

Bioethics

• National Bioethics Advisory Committee
• NIH's Bioethics Resources on the Web
• Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research