The Institutional Review Board consists of independent committees established to advocate for the protection of the rights and welfare of human participants involved in research. The IRBs evaluate proposals for new research and conduct reviews of on-going research following Guiding Ethical Principles and federal and institutional requirements for the protection of human subjects.


IRB Membership

• IRB Assurance and Membership Representation Statement - Version date 07/30/09
• IRB Membership Information
• Application for IRB Membership
• IRB Member Experience Survey
• IRB Member Annual Agreement

 IRB Meetings and Reviewer Checklists

• IRB Meeting/Room Schedule Jan - Jun 2010
  Checklists:
• Initial Review (Convened Board)
  • Research Involving Children
  • Research Involving Decisionally Impaired
  • Research Involving Pregnant Women, Fetuses, or Neonates
  • Research Involving Prisoners
• Expedited Review
• Exempt Review
• Modification Review Form
• Protocol Exception Review Form
• Problem Report Review Form
• Continuation Review Summation (Form sent in IRB packet with pre-review notes)
• Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) Review Form

IRB Policies and Guidance

• IRB Policies and Procedures
• Additional Regulatory Links
  
  
• Glossary
• Guidelines for IRB Reviewers
• Summary Guide to IRB Review Criteria
• Summary of Required IRB Findings
• Expedited and Exempt Categories
• Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC)
• Certificates of Confidentiality - NIH PPT
• Compensation for Research Participants - Version 10/23/07
• Reviewing Humanitarian Use Devices (HUD's)
• Substantive Vs. Minor Changes
• Drug Information Resources - Internal links only
  
  • Lexi-Comp Online - uses, warnings, adverse events, drug interactions, etc.
  • Micromedex - summary, DrugDex detail, package inserts, etc.
• Pharmacy webpage - Management of Investigational Drugs - Policy 1405 PAM