Printer FriendlyThe Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of human research participants. The IRB reviews proposals that involve individuals who are subjects of any research at UML and includes recruitment activities for such studies, regardless or funding source or location, conducted by faculty, staff, students or others. UML and the Principal Investigator are responsible for insuring that the highest ethical standards are maintained for all research involving human subjects. Human subjects are defined as “a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research obtains data through intervention or interaction with the individual or identifiable private information.”
Researchers involved in human subject research and IRB members are required to complete online training and submit the certificate of completion to the IRB Administrator. The Office for Human Research Protections and the Food and Drug Administration provides regulatory oversight to IRBs. Classroom activities that are solely for instructional use do not require IRB approval. If a faculty member or student wishes to present or publish information gathered from human subjects beyond the class from which it was gathered, the activity is considered to be research and must be reviewed by the IRB.
There are three types of review: exempt, expedited and full. For more information, refer to the UML IRB Policies and Procedures or contact the IRB Administrator.