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VISN 5 MIRECC Guide to Conducting Research in the VA Maryland Health Care System

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Guide to Conducting Research in the
VA Maryland Health Care System

An understanding of the Federal and VA regulations that address the protection of human research subjects is fundamental to conducting human research in the VA. However, investigators trying to tackle the administrative requirements created by these regulations can find the process increasingly time-consuming and potentially overwhelming. The MIRECC, VA Research and Development (R&D) Service, and the University of Maryland Baltimore Institutional Review Board (IRB) are committed to making this complicated administrative process as straightforward as possible. As a result, the following guide was developed by the MIRECC to facilitate the process of applying for and conducting human subject research in the VAMHCS. The information is organized as follows: