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Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)

HRPP Institutional Official

The President of UTHSCSA has delegated the authority and responsibility to establish, maintain, and advance the HRPP to the Vice President for Research (VPR) as the Institutional Official (IO).

HRPP Mission

To protect the rights and welfare of participants who take part in UT Health Science Center research and to ensure that research is conducted in compliance with the applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and institutional policies.

HRPP Organizational Components

The responsibility for the protection of human participants is shared among a number of organizational components that conduct research as well as those responsible for program administration of the HRPP mission.

Assistant VP for Research Operations

The Office of the AVP for Research Operations is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the program, disseminating program information, and chairing the HRPP Steering Committee.

HRPP Steering Committee

• Addresses research issues across the Health Science Center.
• Reviews and approves HRPP policy; considers related institutional policy.
• Updates faculty and staff on regulations, policies, and best practices in research.
• Advocates resources for HRPP.
• Conducts program review and assessment.

Organizational Components of the
Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)

Program Responsibility/Institutional Official (IO): VPR

Conduct of Research

Program Administration

Principal Investigators
Research Teams

HRPP Steering Committee
Chair:  AVP for Research Operations

  • VPR Offices
    • Office of the Institutional Review Board (OIRB)
    • Office of Clinical Research (OCR)
    • Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)
    • Risk Management & Safety
  • Office of Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
  • Senior Legal Officer
  • CTRC Investigational Drug Services
  • Representatives:
    • Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS)
  • IRB Chairs Representative
  • Deans of the Five UTHSCSA Schools
  • Affiliate Organizations - STVHCS , UHS, Christus Santa Rosa,

Institutional Review Board

Committees As Required
(e.g.  IBC, Radiation Safety, Radioactive Drug Research, Conflict of Interest)

Department Chairs,
Center or Institute Directors