The Federal Policy (Common Rule) for the protection of human subjects Section 103(a) requires that each institution engaged in federally supported human subject research file an Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects. The Assurance documents the commitment of the 91ɫƵ and Froedtert to protect human subjects.
Under Federal Policy (Common Rule) Section 102(f), awardees and their collaborating institutions become engaged in human subject research whenever their employees or agents intervene or interact with living individuals for research purposes or obtain, release or access individually identifiable private information for research purposes. In addition, awardee institutions are automatically considered to be engaged in human subject research whenever they receive an HHS award to support such research.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule in the Federal Register (Vol. 74, No. 10, 1/15/09) that required institutional review boards (IRBs) to register through a system maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 91ɫƵ IRBs are in compliance with this requirement.
Evidence of an institution's FWA and IRB registration can be obtained by accessing the HHS database.
91ɫƵ - FWA#00000820, expiration date: 5/5/2026
Froedtert Health, Inc. - FWA#00002157, expiration date: 3/28/2027
Versiti Wisconsin, Inc. - FWA#00005505, expiration date: 11/15/2026
Children's Wisconsin - FWA#00001809, expiration date: 8/31/2028