The following is press release issued on June 18 by Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)
13 Organizations Earn AAHRPP AccreditationThe Universities of Texas and California add Organizations
Washington, D.C., June 18, 2009—Thirteen new Organizations earned accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) a week ago, including two that joined others from their university systems.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are joining the University of Texas at Austin as newly Accredited Organizations. And the University of California, Los Angeles, joins three others in the University of California System—Irvine, San Francisco, and Riverside—on the accredited roster as well.
In addition, one major teaching hospital and another independent children’s hospital joined the ranks of Organizations like theirs at AAHRPP, which has now accredited 188 Organizations with more than 900 entities.
The Organizations, all awarded Full Accreditation, are:
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC, Jackson, MS
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
- Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX
- Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, New Orleans, LA
- Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
- The University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
- University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO
