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Washington State

The WSIRB Review s research for DSHS, DOH, and the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). Contact DOH and L&I at the links below:

Department of Health

• Division of Community and Family Health

• Epidemiology, Health Statistics, and Public Health Laboratories

Department of Labor & Industries

• Healthcare Research

• SHARP

Research in DSHS/DOH/L&I jurisdiction often is in the jurisdiction of one or more other institutions in Washington State; contact their human subjects offices at the links below:

• University of Washington – Human Subjects

• Washington State University – Human Subjects

• Children's Hospital and Medical Center - Human Subjects

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Human Subjects

• Group Health Cooperative – Human Subjects: (206)287-2919

• Swedish Health Services – Human Subjects

• Spokane IRB

• Virginia Mason Research Center – Human Subjects

• Eastern Washington University – Human Subjects

• Central Washington University – Human Subjects Review Program

• Western Washington University – Human Subjects

Federal

The Office for Human Research Protections administers the DHHS human subjects protection process; the NIH and CDC are major funders of human subjects research; the FDA regulates research involving investigational new drugs and devices (INDs and IDEs).

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

• Office for Human Research Protections

• National Institutes of Health

• Certificates of Confidentiality Kiosk

• HIPAA Privacy Rule Information for Researchers

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Food and Drug Administration

• FDA Guidance for IRBs and Clinical Investigators

Assurances:

• DSHS FWA00000326

• DOH FWA00000327

• L&I FWA00000591

For more ways to get in touch with the Department of Social and Health Services, go to the DSHS Contact Information Web page. Technical Site Comments: DSHS Webmaster. Copyright 2004 Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.