Institutional Ethics Review Committee

(First Level 2 PHREB Accredited IERC from a Private University)

The Our Lady of Fatima University Institutional Ethics Review Committee (OLFU-IERC) is a Level II Accredited Ethics Committee of the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB). The pronouncement was made by the Chair of PHREB Subcommittee on Standards and Accreditation Dr. Cecilia V. Tomas last October 7, 2014. The OLFU-IERC is the first Level II accredited Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board. A Level II Accreditation is given to an IRB when it met the following criteria: has sufficient competency and efficiency in ethical review; adheres to a set of appropriate standard operating procedures; and has adequate administrative support. Level II Accreditation allows an IERC review most health researches including highly sensitive social behavioral researches and clinical trial protocols not intended for FDA registration of new drugs. This honor demonstrates that OLFU-RDIC and OLFU-IERC have built extensive safeguards into every level of the research operation and that they adhere to high standards for research. It is a public pronouncement of OLFU’s commitment to protect research participants.

The committee members are as follows: