A Decade of Accomplishments in Helping Organizations to Promote Research Participants and Promote Research

2001
Founding Members incorporate AAHRPP
Chief Executive Officer takes helm
Interim standards and procedures published for comment

2002
Accreditation program launched
First applications accepted
Council on Accreditation established
Site visits begin

2003
First organizations attain accreditation

2004
OHRP and PHRMA announce support for accreditation
AAHRPP published newsletter, AAHRPP Advance

2005
First annual accreditation conference
First supporting members join AAHRPP
Department of Veterans Affairs awards accreditation contract to AAHRPP

2006
First international accreditation in Korea announced
Reaccreditations begin

2007
Getting Started workshops offered
First accreditations in Canada and Singapore

2008
100 organizations accredited
Revised procedures (Step1/Step2) implemented

2009
Revised accreditation standards published
World Health Organization approaches AAHRPP to consult on developing standards for IRBs
Fellowship program formed with Korean Association of IRBs
Educational webinars offered
Industry sponsors require independent IRBs to be accredited

2010
200 organizations accredited
Published first report on metrics of HRPPs

2011
241 organizations accredited
First accreditations in China and India
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funds an institution’s IRB to serve as central IRB for all awardees of a multi-site clinical trial grant
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