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TO THE CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE IRB WEBSITE
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The
purpose of the Institutional Review Board is to ensure that the
rights and welfare of human subjects are protected while participating
in research. In accordance with federal and state regulations, the
IRB must review and approve research involving human subjects, both
in advance and by periodic review, to promote fully informed and
voluntary participation and to make certain the research does not
expose human subjects to unreasonable or unnecessary risk.
In
its deliberations, the IRB will use the ethical principles of "beneficence,
respect for persons, and justice," detailed in the Belmont
Report (1979) to make its determination. With representation from
a wide range of scientific disciplines and from outside the academic
community, the IRB gives rapid but individualized attention to the
numerous and diverse research projects at Cambridge Health Alliance.
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