The Mass General Brigham Human Research Protection Committee has created policies and guidance documents about Quality Improvement (QI) program checklists, study logs, and tools for researchers. 

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Fede​ralwide Ass​urances (FWAs), Institutional Review Board Registrations (IRB), and IRB Membersh​​ip

The Mass General Brigham Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) operate in compliance with all applicable regulations and guidelines pertaining to IRBs as listed below, and with the Federalwide Assurance (FWA) and incorporated “Terms of the Federalwide Assurance for Institutions within the United States” held by the Mass General Brigham institutions.

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 45 CFR Parts 46 and 164
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 21 CFR Parts 50 and 56
• International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guideline E6 relating to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), section 3(3.1-3.4), unless ICH guidelines conflict with FDA Regulations

The following Mass General Brigham institution-specific memos provide information for collaborators and sponsors about the entity’s FWA, registered IRBs, and membership:

• Brigham and Women's Hospital Statement of Compliance​
• Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital Statement of Compli​ance​
• McLean Hospital Statement of Compliance​
• Massachusetts General Hospital Stat​ement of Compliance
• North Shore Medical Center Statement of Compliance
• Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Statement of Compliance​

Terms of Federalwide As​suranc​​e and OHRP Database for Registered IORGs, IRBs, FWAs

The following links to the OHRP website allow sponsors and collaborators to review terms of the Federalwide Assurance and verify ​the IORG, FWA, and IRB Registrations.

• Terms of Federalwide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects​
• Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Database for Registered IORGs & IRBs, Approved FWAs​

Mass General Brigham Information Security and Privacy​

• 21 CFR 11 PHS Compliance Letter
• FDA and Part ​11​ Compliance

Multiple Mass General Brigham offices review and execute research agreements on behalf of the hospitals, and issue outgoing research agreements to all types of entities. The offices are identified below with a brief summary of the agreement types reviewed and services provided by each.

Only authorized signatories, a Mass General Brigham official, or an Senior Vice President of research for the applicable hospital, have the authority to execute research agreements on behalf of the hospitals. Principals Investigators are not authorized as institutional signing officials.

Mass General Brigham Office	Main Contact	Responsibilities
Research Management	[email protected]	Operations and administration for Research Management (RM). RM includes: Pre Award Post Award Research Finance
Research Management - Post Award	Brigham and Women’s Hospital: [email protected]   Massachusetts General Hospital: [email protected]   McLean Hospital: [email protected]   Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital: [email protected]   Massachusetts Eye and Ear: [email protected]	Negotiates funded research agreements from non-profit and government entities Negotiates Data Use Agreements, unfunded Research Support Agreements, Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs) and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with non-profit and government entities
Clinical Trials Office (CTO)	[email protected]​	Negotiates funded clinical research agreements from for-profit entities Negotiates clinical research CDAs and NDAs incoming from for-profit entities Provides Medicare Coverage Analysis and Medicare device petition support
Innovation	[email protected]	Negotiates funded non-clinical research agreements from for-profit entities Negotiates Material Transfer Agreements Negotiates non-clinical research CDAs and NDAs from for-profit entities​ Provides invention commercialization services
Mass General Brigham Supply Chain	[email protected]	Executes contracts with vendors and suppliers to procure items and/or services, including consultants, data management, or lab tests
Office for Interactions with Industry (OII)	[email protected]	Reviews personal consulting agreements received by principle investigators (PIs) Negotiates education activity agreements incoming from for-profit entities Reviews conflict disclosures and manages Financial Conflicts of Interest reporting

For Su​bcontractors on Sponsored Projects to a Mass General Brigham Hospital

All invoices must be sent to the mailboxes below for processing. The mailboxes are staffed by a dedicated team that enters invoices into the system and routes them to Principal Investigators and Department Administrators for review and approval.

• Brigham and Women's Hospital: [email protected]​
• Brigham and Women's Hospital AIDS Clinical Trial Group: [email protected]
• Massachusetts General Hospital: [email protected]
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear: [email protected]
• McLean Hospital: [email protected]
• Spaulding Hospital: [email protected]

​​For Sponsors​​​ and Prime Recipients

All questions/requests on invoices generated and distributed by Research Finance for Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, McLean Hospital, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Schepens Eye Research Institute, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Network should be sent to [email protected]​.

Where Should I Send Payments?

All payments should be sent to the appropriate lockbox address listed below. Should you wish to make an electronic payment and require our banking information, please contact [email protected]. Including reference numbers and PI name along with the check is greatly appreciated and helps us to more quickly identify the correct fund.​​

Offsite lock boxes managed by Bank of America are used to collect payments from sponsors and collaborators. The lock box addresses for Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, McLean Hospital, and Schepens Eye Research Institute are as follows:​

Brigham & Women's Hospital – Research (use for items invoiced by Research Management)
Bank of America N.A.
P.O. Box 3887
Boston, MA 02241-3887

Brigham & Women's Hospital – Research (use for all other payments*)
Bank of America N.A.
P.O. Box 3149
Boston, MA 02241-3149

Massachusetts General Hospital – Research (use for items invoiced by Research Management)
Bank of America N.A.
P.O. Box 3829
Boston, MA 02241-3829

Massachusetts General Hospital – Research (use for all other payments*)
Bank of America N.A.
P.O. Box 414876
Boston, MA 02241-4876

Massachusetts Eye and Ear
MEE Research
Bank of America, N.A.
P. O. Box 412356
Boston, MA 02241-2356

McLean Hospital - Research (use for items invoiced by Research Management)
Bank of America N.A.
P.O. Box 3951
Boston, MA 02241-3951

McLean Hospital - Research (use for all other payments*)
Bank of America N.A.
P.O. Box 414248
Boston, MA 02241-4248​

Schepens Eye Research Institute
SERI Research
Bank of America, N.A.
P. O. Box 412360
Boston, MA 02241-2360

*Includes public and private foundation payments, expense reimbursements, clinical trial payments, etc.

For Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and MGH Institute of Health Professions, checks should be sent to Mass General Brigham Research Management.

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Billed - Research

Mass General Brigham Research Management
399 Revolution Drive, Suite 740
Somerville, MA 02145

Institute of Health Professions Billed - Research
Mass General Brigham Research Management
399 Revolution Drive, Suite 740
Somerville, MA 02145​

The most recent Federal Audit information and Duns numbers with addresses can be found below. Prior years Federal Audit information can be found on the Federal Audit Clearinghouse under EIN 04-3230035.

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Partners HealthCare and Affiliates Uniform Guidance Audit for FY19

Duns Numbers and Addresses

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Duns #: 030-811-269

Address: 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115-6110

Massachusetts General Hospital

Duns #: 07-313-0411

Address: 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114-2696

McLean Hospital:

Duns #: 046-514-535

Address: 115 Mill Street, Belmont MA 02478-1064

Massachusetts Eye and Ear:

Duns #: 073-825-945

Address: 243 Charles Street, Boston MA 02114-3002

MGH Institute for Health Professions

Duns #: 605-122-258

Address: 36 1st Avenue, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129-4557

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Duns #: 079-520-862

Address: 300 1st Avenue, Charlestown, MA 02129

Institutional Facts by Hosp​ital

• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear
• McLean Hospit​al
• Schepens Eye Research Institute
• Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network

Hospital W-9 Forms

• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear
• McLean Hospital
• MGH Institute of Health Professions
• Partners HealthCare​ 
• Schepens Eye Research Institute
• Spaulding Rehabilitation Network