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The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Hellenic Endocrine Network is an independent administrative body, established to protect the rights and welfare of all research subjects recruited to participate in research activities conducted under the auspices of our institution or other collaborating institutions, if requested.
Our IRB is charged with the responsibility of reviewing, prior to its initiation, all research involving human participants or animals. The IRB takes into consideration the research design and protocol regarding privacy, ethical, social, financial, legal and other parameters involved in the proposed protocol in order to approve, exempt, disapprove, monitor, or require modifications in this accordingly. Our IRB requires that no research protocol is initiated until signed informed consent is obtained from all research subjects, in accordance with the Hellenic laws regulating medical research (Law 3418/2005) and the directive 45 CFR § 46.116 issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
The scientific board consists of at least three members, which does not include the principal investigator of the protocol under study, while external observers or consultants may be used at its discretion. HEN's IRB is committed to a thorough yet expeditious analysis of every research protocol entered into our system so that our final response is no longer than 15 days. Protocol registration form
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