Ethics Committees, Research

**Definition:** Hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects. Federal regulations (the Common Rule (45 CFR 46)) mandate the use of these committees to monitor federally-funded biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects.

**Tree numbers:** - K01.752.566.479.147.750 - N04.452.758.788.300.750 - N05.350.268.750 - N05.700.685.300.750

**Synonyms:** - Board, Institutional Review - Boards, Institutional Review - Institutional Review Boards - Review Boards, Institutional - Review Board, Institutional - Institutional Review Board - Research Ethics Committees - Research Ethics Committee - Ethics Committee, Research - IRBs - IRB