The Society of Clinical Research Associates, Inc., is a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to the continuing education and development of clinical research professionals.

The purpose of the Association is to provide global leadership for the clinical research profession by promoting and advancing the highest ethical standards and practices.
The Council is an independent non-profit organization composed of active certified research administrators whose role is to certify that an individual, through experience and testing, has the fundamental knowledge necessary to be a professional research or sponsored programs administrator.
 
The Society of Research Administrators International is a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing the profession and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of research administration.
The National Council of University Research Administrators serves its members and advances the field of research administration through professional development, the sharing of knowledge, and by fostering a sense of community.
PEERRS consists of educational modules and short tests covering basic rules, procedures and professional norms for the responsible conduct of research by anyone involved in research and scholarship at the University of Michigan.
The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. It is an Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Links and resources for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.  (HIPAA)
ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.

Glossary of Terms as Commonly Used in Health Care Alpha Center: Health Policy and Planning  This glossary has been compiled and periodically updated and edited by the Alpha Center.
 
PRIM&R is dedicated to creating, implementing, and advancing the highest ethical standards in the conduct of research.
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc.® (AAHRPP®), is a nonprofit organization that offers accreditation to institutions engaged in research involving human participants. The AAHRPP accreditation program uses a voluntary, peer-driven educational model.
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The MeSH Browser is an online vocabulary look-up aid available for use with MeSH® (Medical Subject Headings). It is designed to help quickly locate descriptors of possible interest and to show the hierarchy in which descriptors of interest appear.
Latest articles on clinical trials including an article link on medical research vocabulary.
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's.  Allows clinical queries and links to other related resources.
Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tools.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, ”Triple A-S” (AAAS), is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association.
The mission of the Ethics Center is to provide engineers, scientists and science and engineering students with resources useful for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work life.


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