{"id":542374,"date":"2023-10-24T09:34:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=542374"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:58:07","slug":"institutional-review-board","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/institutional-review-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Review Board (IRB)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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