Institutional Review Board

The Driscoll Children's Hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB) was first established in 1993. Its purpose is to oversee all research activities under its jurisdiction and protect the rights and safety of human subjects during their involvement in these research activities. Human subjects include our patients and their families as well as employees of Driscoll Children's Hospital. Research activities include use of investigational drugs and/or devices, questionnaires, patient related documents, body fluids or tissue, etc., when these materials are used for research purposes.

The DCH IRB is responsible to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP), and the Driscoll Children's Hospital institutional regulations. This IRB holds a Federal-wide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects issued by the DHHS assuring compliance with all Federal Regulations and accepted International Regulations that govern human subject research in the United States and Internationally.

How to Reach Us

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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