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Human Subject Research -ÌýInstitutional Review Board

Please useÌý³Ù³ó±ð irb@ulm.edu email address forÌýsubmissions, questions, and other information pertaining to the IRB.

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Welcome

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is designed to review, approve initiation of, and conduct periodic review of all research projects involving human subjects conducted by The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥) faculty, students, or staff (including collaborative projects with other institutions and agencies).Ìý Before submitting a project for review, investigators are urged to read The Handbook for Ensuring Protection of Human Research Subjects [in pdf].

Useful links and resources

• [rev. 08/20/19]
  
  
• - Ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subject research
  
  
• -The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) provides the following graphic aids as a guide for institutional review boards (IRBs), investigators, and others who decide if an activity is research involving human subjects that must be reviewed by an IRB under the relevant requirements. The charts address decisions on the following: - whether an activity is research that must be reviewed by an IRB;- whether the review may be performed by expedited procedures, and
  - whether informed consent or its documentation may be waived.
  
  

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• Class Projects Policy
  
  
• Sample informed consent
  
  
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1. All PIs and Collaborators must complete CITI Training prior to initiation of project.
   
   
2. All proposals must receive IRB approval prior to initiation of project.
   
   
3. The IRB committee meets one time each month to review all completed proposals.Ìý
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Proposal Submission Procedures

1. Complete (rev. 08/31/21).

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1. • Special Considerations Categories
     1. Please check all that apply.
     2. "Students" refers to students at a level less than college, in which case children should also be marked.Ìý If they are university students, that category does not have to be marked.
        
        
2. Pregnant or lactating women should only be marked if that is the specific group that is being targeted.
   
   
3. Obtain required signatures.
   
   
4. Submit the original Request for Review form and all applicable attachments to the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research.Ìý Incomplete applications will result in a delay of approval.
   
   
5. The OSPR will notify the PI of the IRB's decision within 14 working days of the meeting.

2024-2025 IRB Board Members

• Dr. Karen Arrant, CHS
• Dr. Mallory Benedetto, CAES
• Ms.Donna Eichhorn, CHS
• Dr. Robert Hanser, CBSS - Chair
• Dr. Courtney Harris, CBSS
• Dr. Goun Ji, CHS
• Dr. Samuel Shannon, CHS
• Dr. Sandra Watson, CAES
• Dr. Joyce Zhou, CBSS
• Dr. Arie Spitzfaden, Community Member
• Ms. Meghan Risinger, Community Member
• Ms. LaWanna Gilbert-Bell, OSPR, Ex-officio
• Ms. Summer Moore, OSPR, Ex-officio
• Ms. Judy Naslund, OSPR, Ex-officio

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