As part of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), the primary purpose of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects recruited to participate in research activities under the auspices of PNNL.

The IRB reviews and approves research involving humans, data about humans, and human biological materials according to Federal law, DOE policy, and PNNL policy. The IRB makes the determination of what is, or is not, human research. Human subjects research must be approved by the IRB before work begins.

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