Institutional Review Board

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ethics committee regulatory compliance committee research oversight body

An Institutional Review Board is a committee that reviews and monitors research involving human participants to ensure ethical standards and participant protections are upheld.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
IRB	1
Institutional Review Board canonical	1
Institutional Review Board for human subjects	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6307548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Institutional Review Board
Context triple: [The Rockefeller University Hospital, hasEthicsOversight, Institutional Review Board]

A. Office of Research Integrity
The Office of Research Integrity is a U.S. federal agency responsible for promoting research integrity and investigating allegations of research misconduct in Public Health Service–funded research.
B. Council on Research
The Council on Research is a body within the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities that focuses on advancing and supporting research activities and policies across member institutions.
C. Center for Scientific Review
The Center for Scientific Review is the National Institutes of Health component responsible for overseeing the peer review of most grant applications to ensure scientific merit and integrity in funding decisions.
D. Institute of Education and Research
The Institute of Education and Research is a key academic unit of the University of Peshawar specializing in teacher education, educational research, and training of education professionals.
E. Committee for Advanced Therapies
The Committee for Advanced Therapies is a scientific body within the European Medicines Agency responsible for evaluating and providing expert opinions on advanced therapy medicinal products such as gene, cell, and tissue-engineered therapies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Institutional Review Board
Target entity description: An Institutional Review Board is a committee that reviews and monitors research involving human participants to ensure ethical standards and participant protections are upheld.

A. Office of Research Integrity
The Office of Research Integrity is a U.S. federal agency responsible for promoting research integrity and investigating allegations of research misconduct in Public Health Service–funded research.
B. Council on Research
The Council on Research is a body within the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities that focuses on advancing and supporting research activities and policies across member institutions.
C. Center for Scientific Review
The Center for Scientific Review is the National Institutes of Health component responsible for overseeing the peer review of most grant applications to ensure scientific merit and integrity in funding decisions.
D. Institute of Education and Research
The Institute of Education and Research is a key academic unit of the University of Peshawar specializing in teacher education, educational research, and training of education professionals.
E. Committee for Advanced Therapies
The Committee for Advanced Therapies is a scientific body within the European Medicines Agency responsible for evaluating and providing expert opinions on advanced therapy medicinal products such as gene, cell, and tissue-engineered therapies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethics committee ⓘ regulatory compliance committee ⓘ research oversight body ⓘ
appliesTo	research conducted at its institution ⓘ research conducted by its institution’s investigators ⓘ research using identifiable biospecimens ⓘ research using identifiable private information ⓘ
basedOn	Belmont Report ethical principles ⓘ beneficence principle ⓘ justice principle ⓘ respect for persons principle ⓘ
ensuresComplianceWith	ethical principles for human subjects research ⓘ federal regulations on human subjects protection ⓘ informed consent requirements ⓘ institutional policies on research ethics ⓘ privacy and confidentiality protections ⓘ risk minimization standards ⓘ
goal	maintain public trust in research ⓘ maximize potential benefits relative to risks ⓘ minimize risks to research participants ⓘ promote ethical research practices ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	IRB ⓘ linked to: Institutional Review Board
hasCharacteristic	documented policies and procedures ⓘ independent review process ⓘ multidisciplinary composition ⓘ quorum requirements for decisions ⓘ regularly scheduled meetings ⓘ
hasMemberType	community representatives ⓘ institutional representatives ⓘ nonscientist members ⓘ scientist members ⓘ
mayApprove	informed consent documents ⓘ recruitment materials ⓘ research protocols ⓘ
mayDisapprove	research that does not meet ethical standards ⓘ
mayRequire	additional safeguards for vulnerable populations ⓘ modifications to research protocols ⓘ
maySuspend	ongoing research for noncompliance ⓘ
mayTerminate	ongoing research for serious noncompliance ⓘ
mayUse	exempt determinations for certain low-risk research categories ⓘ expedited review procedures for minimal risk research ⓘ
operatesAt	government agencies ⓘ hospitals ⓘ private research organizations ⓘ research institutions ⓘ universities ⓘ
performs	continuing review of approved research ⓘ initial review of research protocols ⓘ review of protocol amendments ⓘ review of serious or continuing noncompliance ⓘ review of unanticipated problems involving risks to participants ⓘ
primaryRole	assess risks and benefits of proposed research ⓘ ensure ethical conduct of human subjects research ⓘ ensure informed consent processes are adequate ⓘ monitor ongoing research for continued compliance ⓘ protect rights and welfare of human research participants ⓘ review research involving human participants ⓘ
regulates	behavioral research involving human participants ⓘ clinical research involving human participants ⓘ human subjects research ⓘ social science research involving human participants ⓘ
relatedTo	Human Research Protection Program ⓘ research ethics committees in other countries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Rockefeller University Hospital → hasEthicsOversight → Institutional Review Board ⓘ

Institutional Review Board → hasAbbreviation → IRB ⓘ

linked to: Institutional Review Board

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee → isAnalogousTo → Institutional Review Board for human subjects ⓘ