TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Department of Health (DOH) today announced that the agency has become the first public health department to receive full accreditation of its human research protection program, which encompasses the Institutional Review Board and all members of the DOH research community. Accreditation means that the Department has met or exceeded national best-practice standards for ensuring ethical conduct of research and the protection of participants in biomedical and behavioral research. To view the full news release, clicking on the following link: News Release.