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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Association for the Accreditation (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3657696-1&h=2135994626&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aahrpp.org%2F&a=Accreditation) of Human Research Protection Programs has accredited five more research

organizations, including its first organization in Japan, two public research

universities, a children's hospital and an acute-care hospital.

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At its September meeting, AAHRPP's Council on Accreditation awarded full

accreditation to:

    --  Adventist Health Glendale, Glendale, California, a hospital in the

        Adventist Health system.

    --  Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.

    --  Review Board of Human Rights and Ethics for Clinical Studies (HURECS),

        Tokyo, Japan, a nonprofit provider of research review services.

    --  The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

    --  University of Southern Maine, Portland, Gorham and Lewiston, Maine.

"Despite the disruptions of the pandemic, these five organizations made it a

priority to pursue accreditation and commit to AAHRPP's high standards," AAHRPP

President and CEO Elyse I. Summers said. "With that decision, they signaled

their dedication to quality research and, above all, to protecting the

participants who make scientific advances possible."

AAHRPP has accredited research entities across the U.S. and in Australia,

Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Republic of

Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

All major U.S. independent institutional review boards have earned AAHRPP

accreditation. In addition, more than 85% of the top U.S. National Institutes

of Health-funded academic medical centers and 70% of U.S. medical colleges are

AAHRPP accredited or have begun the accreditation process.

Research institutes, clinical research centers and community hospitals also are

among those that have attained accreditation.

About AAHRPP: A nonprofit organization, AAHRPP provides accreditation for

organizations that conduct or review human research and can demonstrate that

their protections exceed the safeguards required by the U.S. government. To

learn more, visit www.aahrpp.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle Feige

Executive Vice President

mfeige@aahrpp.org

+1 202-783-1112

SOURCE : Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs