Latest AAHRPP Accreditation Reflects Inroads in Asia

 

 

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) announced that it has accredited seven more organizations. Three of the newly accredited organizations are in Asia.

The newly accredited organizations are:

•  Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois

•  Peking University, Beijing, China

•  Taipei Medical University - Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

•  Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas

•  University of California, Davis, Davis, California

•  University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

•  Wan Fang Municipal Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

To earn AAHRPP accreditation, organizations must demonstrate that they have built extensive safeguards into every level of their research operation and that they adhere to high standards for research. To date, AAHRPP has accredited more than 210 organizations in 46 states, Canada, China, India, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.