DOE Protecting Human Subjects
DOE Human Subjects Research Database (HSRD)

HSRD 2009

Thirty-Eight research organizations reported data

Research involved 1,061,966 human subjects

Total federal funding for human subject research was over $132 million

The number of active research projects was 304

Nine research organizations had Former Worker Medical Screening Program projects

Eleven research organizations reported projects with international involvement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provides information to the public on current research involving human subjects through the DOE Protecting Human Subjects Program.

Under Federal Policy for Protection of Human Subjects (10 CFR Part 745) and DOE Orders 443.1 and 481.1, the DOE Office of Science maintains information on all research projects that involve human subjects and that are funded by DOE, conducted in DOE facilities, performed by DOE personnel, or involved DOE or contractor personnel.

The HSRD database contains information on all research projects involving human subjects that are not exempt by their local Institutional Review Board (IRB). Project information is obtained annually from a questionnaire completed on-line by the principal investigator. Data is available from 1995 through 2009.

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) maintains the Human Subjects Research Database (HSRD) for the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) within the Office of Science.