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The STANFORD HRPP (Human Research Protection Program) has received Certification from the Consortium for Applied Research Ethics (CARE~Q) on July 16, 2018.  Stanford received reaccreditation from the Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) on December 21, 2022. 

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)FWA0000093511/22/2029
Stanford Hospital & ClinicsFWA0000093401/22/2030
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyFWA0002941409/07/2027
Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at StanfordFWA0000093301/10/2030
VA Palo Alto Health Care SystemFWA0000092903/12/2026
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research (aka PAVIR)FWA0000093707/07/2025

* 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.

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).

OrganizationIORG #/IRB Registration #Status
Leland Stanford Junior UIORG000020811/21/2027
IRB 1IRB00000348Active
IRB 2IRB00000349Active
IRB 3IRB00000350Active
IRB 4IRB00000351Active
IRB 5IRB00004593Active
IRB 6IRB00004947Active
IRB 7IRB00005136Active
IRB 8IRB00006208Active

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).