Human subject protection, also known as patient participation research, involves careful design of research objective and research methodology. Before any biomedical research with people can be initiated, universities and other entities must undertake a rigorous review process and adhere to monitoring policies for the protection of the rights, welfare, and wellbeing of humans involved in research. AAU analyzes and offers its expertise on federal oversight regulations, such as the Common Rule and NIH policies.
The Association of American Universities (AAU) established the Task Force on Research Accountability in response to concerns that individual conflict of interest processes were not always achieving the highest standards, and that institutional conflict of interest policies had rarely been develop