Open AccessImplementing the Single Institutional Review Board Model: Lessons from the Undiagnosed Diseases Network
Author(s) -
Splinter Kimberly,
Hull Sara Chandros,
Holm Ingrid A.,
McDonough Tara L.,
Wise Anastasia L.,
Ramoni Rachel B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical and translational science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1752-8062
pISSN - 1752-8054
DOI - 10.1111/cts.12512
Subject(s) - medicine , institutional review board , medline , intensive care medicine , political science , psychiatry , law
In 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP)1,2 was established to provide answers for patients with conditions that had long eluded diagnosis. Based on the success of the UDP, the NIH elected to support the program’s expansion into a network of medical research centers in 2013, the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Here we outline the steps required for implementing a single Institutional ReviewBoard (IRB), highlighting our experience in the UDN.