Overview
The Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews all human subject research conducted at Mayo Clinic Florida (MCF), Mayo Clinic Rochester (MCR), or Mayo Clinic Arizona (MCA) and research conducted at other facilities under the direction of MCF, MCR, or MCA staff. A guarantee that all human subject research at Mayo will be reviewed by the IRB has been given to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a Federalwide Assurance (FWA00005001).
Mission
The primary mission of Mayo Clinic's IRB is to ensure the protection of rights, privacy and welfare of all human participants in research programs conducted by Mayo Clinic and associated faculty, professional staff, and students. Coexistent with participant protection is the goal of providing quality service to enhance the conduct of research. To achieve this goal, the IRB has the authority to review, approve, modify or disapprove research protocols submitted by faculty, staff and student investigators. The IRB review process is guided by federal rules and regulations, and is based on the Protection of Human Subject Code of Federal Regulations, the Belmont Report and provisions of 45CFR46 – Protection of Human Subjects requiring institutions receiving federal funds to have all research involving human participants be approved by an IRB.
Contact Us
IRB Office Personnel
201 Building, Room 4-60
200 First Street S.W.
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
General IRB Phone Number: (507) 266-4000
Fax Number: (507) 538-0051
