General Requirements

General Requirements For Add Health Ancillary Studies

Ancillary Study investigators must meet the following criteria:

1. Have a PhD, MD, or other terminal degree.
2. Hold a faculty appointment or research position at their institution.
3. Work for an institution of higher education, a research organization, or a government agency.
4. Have an institutional review board (IRB) that complies with applicable Federal regulations governing research involving human subjects.
5. Demonstrate completion of research ethics training by all research team members who will work with the Add Health data or biospecimens.
6. Have a demonstrated record of using sensitive data according to commonly accepted standards of research ethics.
7. Investigators proposing to conduct an Ancillary Study must cover all costs incurred by the study. Add Health will work with Ancillary Study investigators to develop a budget estimate.