Robert Hood ensures AAHRPP Accreditation Standards are flexible, and consistent with evolving research ethics guidelines, laws, and professional practice standards. Robert has a background in applied ethics and has worked in academia, government, and not-for-profit organizations. He has served as an IRB chair, and managed the HRPP at the Florida Department of Health, the first public health agency to obtain accreditation. He has implemented public health ethics programs, and chaired a public health ethics advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to this, he was Associate Professor of Philosophy (with tenure) at Middle Tennessee State University.