Why Pursue Accreditation

Alion’s Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Accreditation provides a wealth of benefits, primarily linked to bolstering credibility in your community and confidence within your organization. What follows is a list of reasons for pursuing accreditation.

• Signals high standards of performance to sponsors, making your organization more competitive for grants and increasing your organization’s access to clinical trials
• Reduces organizational costs by proactively addressing issues commonly found in audits, US Food and Drug Administration audits and warning letters and Office for Human Research Protections compliance letters
• Provides unbiased confirmation of the maturity of research oversight that can only come from an independent assessment conducted by subject matter experts in human subjects’ protection
• Provides journal publishers with added confidence in ethical reviews and ethical conduct of the research
• Demonstrates that your HRPP meets common and rigorous standards, and in turn encompasses all relevant regulatory requirements
• Enhances subject recruitment – demonstrates your concern for protection of human subjects in research
• Facilitates collaborations across institutions, increases access to multi-site research and signals confidence in Institutional Review Board reliance agreements