Review System for Medical Research　

The research review system for medical research at the Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine consists of four committees established on the basis of government guidelines and other resources. Additionally, the Institutional Review Board has been established at the University of Tokyo Hospital’s Clinical Research Support Center.

Information on the Clinical Research Review Committee of the University of Tokyo Hospital can be found on the Clinical Research Support Center’s website.

Functions

The committees have two functions, which apply to the activities of the Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Tokyo and the University of Tokyo Hospital.

• 1) The committees examine and monitor protocols for research involving human subjects and publication of research findings.
• 2) The committees study and deliberate on how medical ethics should be approached and handled, as necessary.

Committees

Research Ethics Committee (ethical reviews of clinical research, epidemiology research and diagnostics)

Human Genome, Gene Analysis Research Ethics Committee

Gene Therapy Institutional Review Board

Human Stem Cell Institutional Review Board