UC San Diego Campus Notice
OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH
January 11, 2021
Geisel library at sunset
PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AT UC SAN DIEGO

Proposed Update to Campus Policy - Protection of Human Research Subjects
The University invites comments on a proposed campus policy update: Protection of Human Research Subjects.
UC San Diego and its employees share the responsibility to protect research subjects by following the ethical principles of the Belmont Report (1979) as operationalized by applicable regulations. Those principles are:
  • Respect for Persons (recognizing the personal dignity and autonomy of individuals and providing special protection for those with diminished autonomy)
  • Beneficence (minimizing possible risk of harm while maximizing anticipated benefits)
  • Justice (fairness in the distribution of benefits and harms of research)
University of California policy applies the Common Rule or commensurate protections to all human subjects research in which UC San Diego is engaged, regardless of funding source, funding status, the location, or scale of the research.

Additional regulations or policies may apply depending on, for example, whether Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated products are involved, state laws cover particular populations, or a sponsor places additional conditions on funding.  In the event that different applicable regulations and/or requirements conflict, the more restrictive regulations and/or requirements shall prevail.

This policy describes the authorities and responsibilities of various parties in protecting human subjects.

This policy applies to all persons at all UC San Diego locations.

Under the Regents’ Policy, campuses were directed to issue implementing rules for certain policy requirements. This proposed policy constitutes the implementing rules for the San Diego campus and is available to view here.

This is a formal review of the proposed policy language. If you have comments for submission in response to the policy review, please provide your written comments to Paula Johnson in Policy and Records Administration at pjjohnson@ucsd.edu no later than January 21, 2021.
Sandra A. Brown
Vice Chancellor for Research
University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093