The Association for the Accreditation ( 
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) of Human Research Protection Programs has accredited five more research 
organizations, including its first organization in Japan, two public research 
universities, a children's hospital and an acute-care hospital.

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At its September meeting, AAHRPP's Council on Accreditation awarded full 
accreditation to:

    --  Adventist Health Glendale, Glendale, California, a hospital in the
        Adventist Health system.
    --  Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
    --  Review Board of Human Rights and Ethics for Clinical Studies (HURECS),
        Tokyo, Japan, a nonprofit provider of research review services.
    --  The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
    --  University of Southern Maine, Portland, Gorham and Lewiston, Maine.

"Despite the disruptions of the pandemic, these five organizations made it a 
priority to pursue accreditation and commit to AAHRPP's high standards," AAHRPP 
President and CEO Elyse I. Summers said. "With that decision, they signaled 
their dedication to quality research and, above all, to protecting the 
participants who make scientific advances possible."

AAHRPP has accredited research entities across the U.S. and in Australia, 
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Republic of 
Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

All major U.S. independent institutional review boards have earned AAHRPP 
accreditation. In addition, more than 85% of the top U.S. National Institutes 
of Health-funded academic medical centers and 70% of U.S. medical colleges are 
AAHRPP accredited or have begun the accreditation process.

Research institutes, clinical research centers and community hospitals also are 
among those that have attained accreditation.

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
+1 202-783-1112

SOURCE : Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs