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The Driscoll Children's Hospital Institutional Review Board is available to provide information and guidance to participants in clinical research studies and their families regarding their rights as Human Research Subjects. The Institutional Review Board is available to advise and inform investigators who are submitting clinical research protocols and monitor approved research activities in its jurisdiction.

Jucel Nazareno, BSN, R.N., IRB Monitor
(361) 694-4619
Fax: 361-694-5466

Institutional Review Board
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 South Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
(361) 694-5000

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