Related Links

Listed below are several links that may be helpful in regards to compliance issues and/or research in ethical issues:

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
The AALAS website provides an environment conducive to the exchange of information and expertise regarding the care and use of laboratory animals.

American Biological Safety Association
This website provides publications, topics, and links all pertaining to biosafety issues.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services
APHIS is responsible for enforcing the Animal Welfare Act, protecting and promoting U.S. Agricultural health, and carrying out wild life damage management activities.

The Belmont Report
Created under the National Research Act, the Belmont Report provides ethical principles and guidelines regarding human research.h.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The principal agency of the U.S. Government for protecting the health and safety of Americans and providing essential health services to those unable to help themselves.

Clinical Trials
This website, run by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, provides information regarding federally and privately funded human research.

The Declaration of Helsinki
Created by the World Medical Association, the Declaration is a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to those involved in human research.

Good Clinical Practice Guidelines
Provides information regarding clinical trails and provides ethical guidelines in regards to human research.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Among other things, HIPAA was created to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in healthcare and health care delivery by protecting individually identifiable health information.

Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts
Provides decision charts to determine whether research is exempt, expedited, or requires full review.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Provides information regarding health issues, grant information, research training, news, and research topics.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA was created by the U.S. government to ensure the safety and health of American workers by implementing standards and providing training to promote workplace safety and health.

The Office for Human Resource Protections (OHRP)
Provides leadership and oversight on all matters related to the protection of human subjects participating in research conducted or supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It also provides information regarding human research, including education, policies, and regulations.

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Provides information on the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) and its policies for ensuring the humane care and use of animals in research.
 
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
Promotes integrity in U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)-supported biomedical and behavioral research at approximately 4,000 institutions worldwide.
 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Provides information and standards regarding "good clinical practice," including the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials.

The World Health Organization (WHO)
The United Nations' specialized agency for health, providing topics, publications, and research tools regarding various health and research subject

Animal Welfare Act
Regulates all research involving warm-blooded animals under federal and private funding.

National Research Council (NRC)
A source for objective advice on science, engineering, and health matters.

Public Health Service (PHS)
Policy on Humane Care & Use of Laboratory Animals; provides policy regarding research on all vertebrates funded by the PHS.

Research Compliance
Sam H. Ingram Building (ING) Room 010A
2269 Middle Tennessee Blvd, Box 124
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Tel: 615-494-8918
Email: compliance@mtsu.edu