There are a large number of publicly available websites with information relevant to the conduct of research involving human volunteers. A partial list is provided here.

• Federal Office of Human Research Protections
• Information about Certificates of Confidentiality
• Information about Insurance Code 10145.4 which calls for insurers to pay for standard of care costs incurred during participation in a cancer clinical trial
• Belmont Report (1979)
• Declaration of Helsinki
• Nuremberg Code (1949)

Online reference materials used by UCSD IRBs in the review of submitted projects

General Human Subjects Protections References

• UCSD HRPP Standard Operating Policies and Procedures
• Text of 45 CFR 46 - Basic DHHS Policy for Protection of Human Research Subjects
• OHRP Policy Guidance website
  • Information Related to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Revisions to the Common Rule
  • OHRP Guidance topic list
• University of California Policy on the Protection of Human Subjects in Research

Biomedical IRB Resources

• Text of 21 CFR 50 - FDA Human Subjects regulations
• PubMed MEDLINE
• Drug information from Rxlist.com
• FDA Regulations
  • Investigational New Drug regulations
  • Investigational Device regulations
    • FDA IRB Guidance on Medical Devices — FAQs
    • FDA IRB Guidance on Medical Devices — SR and NSR
    • FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption Guidelines
• FDA Good Clinical Practice website
• Clinical Pharmacology website
• ICH Guidelines

Social and Behavioral IRB Resources

• OHRP Guidebook Section on Behavioral Studies (archived information)

Other Resources

• UCSD Clinical and Translational Research Institute

• CORE site for research involving mobile technologies