UCSD Human Research Protection Program


The UCSD Human Research Protections Program (HRPP) exists to promote high quality, ethical research. HRPP does this by serving as the advocate for the rights and welfare of persons who participate in research programs conducted by UCSD faculty, staff, students, and researchers affiliated with the Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS). Though located within the School of Medicine, the Human Research Protections program has responsibility for review of research involving human subjects conducted by all Schools, Centers, and Programs of UCSD. The Human Research Protections Program office assists researchers in complying with federal, state and University policies regarding experimentation involving human subjects, and oversees the review and conduct of research conducted by federally registered Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). The program operates under Federalwide Assurance number FWA00004495, which is effective though April 13, 2010. A statement letter about the FWA is available here. UCSD's HRPP supports four federally registered IRBs: IRB00000353, IRB00000354, IRB00000355, and IRB00002758. Researchers who are asked by sponsors to provide the federal IRB number for their project should list all four of these numbers, since HRPP uses all IRB committees for all projects. Contact the Human Research Protections Program Office.