Institutional Review Boards (IRB)

Principles
Protection of the rights and welfare of persons who in research at Iowa Health - Des Moines is an institutional responsibility.

Research at Iowa Health - Des Moines is based on the principles of Respect for Persons, Beneficence and Justice as set forth in "The Ethical Principles of Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research" described in the Report of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (the Belmont Report).

Institutional Review Boards
The Institutional Review Boards of Iowa Health - Des Moines have primary responsibility for evaluating and overseeing protections for human research subjects.

Jane Spencer, CIM, CIP
Coordinator
515-241-5790
F: 515-241-4185
spenceja@ihs.org

Address:
1415 Woodland Ave., Suite 218
Des Moines, IA 50309
email: irb@ihs.org

The Office of Research of Iowa Health - Des Moines administers the following IRBs:

IRB #1 - Iowa Health - Des Moines IRB
IRB #2 - Des Moines City Wide IRB

IRB Calendar