The STANFORD HRPP (Human Research Protection Program) first
earned full accreditation from the Association for Accreditation of Human
Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) on March 17, 2006,
and has since been re-accredited twice more. The current accreditation is valid for five years, through March 2019.
The STANFORD HRPP is made up of five affiliated
organizations. Each organization has its
own Federalwide Assurance (FWA) with the US
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP). The FWA numbers and their
expiration dates are listed below.
Organization |
* FWA # |
Expires |
Leland Stanford Junior U (aka Stanford U) |
FWA00000935 |
8/6/2018 |
Stanford Hospital & Clinics |
FWA00000934 |
9/4/2018 |
Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford |
FWA00000933 |
8/6/2018 |
VA Palo Alto Hlth Care System |
FWA00000929 |
6/8/2017 |
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research (aka PAVIR) |
FWA00000937 |
4/23/2017 |
* For confirmation from OHRP’s database of all FWA and
registration numbers listed above, please use the FWA number or the exact names
as listed above. For copies of the FWA
agreement forms, see the Federal-wide Assurance for Protection of Human Subjects.
In addition, Stanford University has an institutional
organization (IORG) number under which 8 IRBs are registered. The IORG number and IRB registration numbers
are listed below. All IRBs except for
IRB 2 are registered with both OHRP and the US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Organization |
IORG #/IRB Registration # |
Expires |
Leland Stanford Junior U |
IORG0000208 |
8/6/2018 |
IRB 1 |
IRB00000348 |
Active |
IRB 2 |
IRB00000349 |
Active |
IRB 3 |
IRB00000350 |
Active |
IRB 4 |
IRB00000351 |
Active |
IRB 5 |
IRB00004593 |
Active |
IRB 6 |
IRB00004947 |
Active |
IRB 7 |
IRB00005136 |
Active |
IRB 8 |
IRB00006208 |
Active |
Stanford University IRBs are in compliance with Good
Clinical Practices (ICH/GCP) as consistent with US Food and Drug Administration
Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR 50 and 56) and DHHS Regulations (45 CFR
Part 46).