WASHINGTON, March 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection
Programs today announced its first accreditations for 2019: a
research institute in Massachusetts, a health care delivery system
in California and a hospital in
Taiwan.
The three newly accredited organizations are:
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, LLC, of Harvard Pilgrim
Health Care, Inc., Boston,
Massachusetts
- Memorial Health Services, Fountain
Valley, California
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
"These organizations join more than 600 entities worldwide in
committing to shared high standards for safe, ethical research,"
AAHRPP President and CEO Elyse I.
Summers said. "Their AAHRPP designation offers assurances—to
potential partners, the scientific community and the general
public—that study participants are protected and research results
can be trusted."
The emphasis on universal standards is intensifying, in part,
because of the trend toward multisite, multi-institutional
research. In this environment, the common ground of AAHRPP
accreditation can ease the way for successful collaboration.
"The benefits of a common standard are significant and, as the
gold standard, AAHRPP accreditation is the logical choice," Summers
said. "We continue to work toward one standard worldwide—one
accreditation at a time."
To earn AAHRPP accreditation, organizations must show that they
have built extensive safeguards into every level of their research
operation and that they adhere to high standards for research.
AAHRPP has accredited organizations across the United States and in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, India,
Mexico, Republic of Korea,
Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South
Africa, Taiwan and
Thailand.
All major U.S. independent institutional review boards have
earned AAHRPP accreditation. In addition, 70 percent of U.S.
medical colleges and 85 percent of the top National Institutes of
Health-funded academic medical centers are either AAHRPP accredited
or have begun the accreditation process. NIH, the world's largest
public funder of research, has earned accreditation, as has Pfizer,
Inc., the largest industry sponsor of clinical research.
About AAHRPP: A nonprofit organization, AAHRPP provides
accreditation for organizations that conduct or review human
research and can demonstrate that their protections exceed the
safeguards required by the U.S. government. To learn more, visit
www.aahrpp.org.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Feige
Executive Vice President
mfeige@aahrpp.org
(202) 783-1112
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