Do YOU need the IRB*?

• Do you or your students use human subjects in your research or class research exercises? 

• Do you or your students conduct surveys with any persons or institutions outside of the University of Scranton community?

• Do you or your students use members of the University of Scranton community outside of your own classes?

• Do you or your students plan to publish the results of your project?

• Have you been contacted by any persons outside of the University who wish to use members of the University of Scranton community as research subjects?

If you answered YES to any of these questions - YOU DO NEED THE IRB.

All research projects using human subjects, classroom assignments as well as individual research, must be submitted to the IRB for review.  No phase of a project may begin until IRB approval is obtained.

Form A applications may be submitted to the Office of Research Services (ORS) any time.  Form B and C applications must be reviewed at a full IRB meeting and must be received no later than 10 days preceding a meeting.

Meeting Schedule

(Summer meetings will be scheduled as needed.)

 Note: If your department has a Departmental Review Board (DRB), contact your department chair for procedures.

*Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects
Established in response to federal mandates resulting from the 1979 “Belmont Report” (Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research) of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.  The federal regulations are “Title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46.”  Links to both documents may be found on the ORS website.

Office of Research Services (ORS), O’Hara 224, 941-6180
Eileen Callahan, Director of Research Services/IRB Administrator
callahane1@scranton.edu
 

The ORS Website was created and is maintained by Maria C. Landis.
E-mail LandisM2@scranton.edu with content questions and/or concerns.
Updated August 2005