Human Research Protection Program & Institutional Review Boards
The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) provides support to The University of Toledo (UToledo) Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), provides educational activities, serves as a resource for faculty, staff and student researchers, recommends and implements policies and regulations for the protection of human subjects in research, and ensures compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and ethical standards while addressing the needs and concerns of investigators who conduct research with human subjects.
UToledo affirms the need for academic freedom in the conduct of research and the value of well-designed, responsible activities that involve human subjects. At the same time UToledo assumes responsibility for safeguarding the rights and welfare of human subjects involved in all research activities conducted by its faculty, community based faculty, staff, registered students, and registered volunteers and has established the HRPP to oversee that responsibility.