Commercial Institutional Review Board (IRBs)

These entities, also referred to as independent IRBs, review protocols
for research according to regulations of the Department of Health and
Human Services involving the participation of human subjects.
Independent IRBs are not a part of any specific health care institution.
This list is not intended to be a complete list of every commercial IRB
in the United States or an endorsement of the organizations that are
listed. It is simply a vehicle to provide information about the
existence of these IRBs and how they can be contacted.

This list was published in \"IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research\"
(a publication of the Hastings Center), Volume 18, Number 3, May-June
1996, to assist others involved with clinical research projects in
finding these IRBs.

Date of last revisions: September 28, 1999

1.Ethical Review Committee, 2018 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, MO, 64108,
phone: 816- 421-0008, contact person: Ellen Gilbreath (for
pharmaceutical products only)

2.Independent Review Consulting, Inc., P.O. Box 170, San Anselmo, CA,
94979, phone415-485-0717, contact person: Erica Heath

3.Schulman Associates, Institutional Review Board, Inc., 10 Knollcrest
Drive, Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH, 45237, phone: 513-761-4100, contact
person: John M. Isidor

4.Chesapeake Research Review, Inc., The Chesapeake Building, 9017 Red
Branch Road, Suite100, Columbia, MD, 21045, phone: 410-884-2900, contact
persons: Drs. Felix A. Khin- Maung-Gyi and Matthew Whalen

5.Allendale Investigational Review Board, 73 Franklin Turnpike,
Allendale, NJ, 07401, phone: 201-934-0995 or combined phone/fax:
201-327-0035, contact person: Robert J. Staab, Ph.D.

6.Essex Institutional Review Board, Inc., 121 Main Street, Lebanon, NJ,
08833-2162, phone: 908-236-7735, contact person: Helen Schwartz

7.New England Institutional Review Board, 40 Washington Street, Suite
130, Wellesley, MA 02481, phone: 781-431-7577, fax: 781-237-0330, email:
neirb@ccrp.com, contact person: Eileen Rusnak

8.Southwest Independent IRB, 3249 Wabash Ave., Ft. Worth, TX 76109,
817-922-9308 (Phone & Fax), Julie Coffey, COA Administrator

9.Western Institutional Review Board, P.O. Box 10160, 3535 7th Avenue,
S.W., Olympia, WA, 98502, phone: 360-943-1410, contact person: Linda
Morrison.

10.Research Consultants\' Review Committee, 4009 Banister Lane, Austin,
TX, 78704, phone: 512-685-5743 (or 1-800-688-2132), contact
person:Priscilla Rios

11.Clinical R&D Services IRB, 31 Monhegan Ave., Wayne, NJ, 07470, phone:
973-696- 0824, contact person: Dr. Bruce A. Lepp

12.Copernicus Group IRB, 2201 Candun Dr., Suite 200, Apex, NC, 27502,
phone: 919-303- 3800,

contact person: Sharon Hill Price.

13.Quorum Review IRB, 300 Lenora, Suite B-351, Seattle, WA, 98121,
phone: 206-448- 4082, contact person: Greg Fritz.

14.Triad Institutional Review Board, 355 West Carpenter Street, Suite B,
Springfield, IL, 62702, phone: 217-528-5650, contact person: Candace G.
Woods

15.CHSD Independent Institutional Review Board, 3020 Children\'s Way,
San Diego, CA, 92123, phone: 619-576-4008, contact person: Rebecca M.
Clark

16.St. Davids Human Research Review Board, One Radnor Corporate Center,
Suite 300, Radnor, PA, 19087, phone: 1-877-398-5012; Fax:
1-877-398-5002, contact person: Eva Pastor Schew, Manager.

17.Wyle Laboratories Institutional Review Board, 1290 Hercules, Suite
120, Houston, TX, 77058, phone: 281-212-1468, contact person: Mary
Flores

18.Biomed IRB, 3110 Camino del Rio South, Suite A215, San Diego, CA
92108, (619) 282-9997, (619) 282-9998, email: mailbox@biomedirb.com,
contact person: Michele R. Baptista, Administrator,
mbaptista@biomedirb.com, web page: www.biomedirb.com.

19.ARGUS Institutional Review Board, 652 Front Royal Drive, Tucson, AZ
85710-6242, phone: (520) 296-6994, fax: (520) 298-7494, contact person:
Valerie Golembiewski

20.Goodwyn Institutional Review Board, 5090 Elmcrest Lane, Suite 100A,
Cincinnati, OH, 45242, phone: 513-793-8900, contact person: Ellen Holt,
Ellen.Holt@GoodwynIRB.com