Human Research Protections Office (HRPO)

About HRPO

The Human Research Protections Office (HRPO) is located within the School of Medicine and reports functionally and administratively to the Dean of the School of Medicine. The HRPO is the coordinating office for the Human Research Protections Program, and provides support for the UMB Institutional Review Board (IRB) which conducts ethical and scientific review, compliance, and oversight activities for over 1,000 clinical research protocols. The office also provides education and training for over 2000 investigators and staff involved in research involving human subjects.

Staffing structure for the Human Research Protections Office includes six IRB Analysts, six Research Compliance Monitors, Four Clinical Protocol Analysts, one Education & Support Specialist, one Information Systems Engineer, and two Program Managers who report to the Executive Director. The Executive Director is the designated Human Research Protections Administrator and exercises operational responsibility, on a day-to-day basis, for the institution's program for protecting human research subjects. Two full-time Office Clerks provide administrative support for this office.

Mission of the HRPO

The University of Maryland School of Medicine HRPO's mission is to cultivate a culture of conscience in the University of Maryland, Baltimore's research community to ensure the highest levels of human participants' advocacy and protections.

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