Research Guides: Human Subject Research: IRB: IRB

Human Subject (IRB)

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) approves, monitors, and research involving humans. The purpose of the IRB is to assure that appropriate steps are taken to protect the rights and welfare of humans participating as subjects in a research study.

First Step: Complete human subject research training through the CITI: Collaborative Investigator Training Initiative before applying for IRB. This applies to all principal investigators (students and faculty).

The passing rate is a cumulative score of 85%. Each module takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Cayuse Quick Start Guide
What you need to know before you get started.
Cayuse: How to Certify a Student Submission
Cayuse: How to Respond to IRB Comments

Web Resources:

The Belmont Report
Ethical principles and guidelines for research involving human subjects.
Research Ethics
Another good resource for understanding research ethics, from the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Library Resources:

Human Research Ethics
Search for books in the library catalog for human research ethics.

Selected Titles:

Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research
Publication Date: 2003

Institutional review boards (IRBs) are the linchpins of the protection systems that govern human participation in research. Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research will be important to policy makers, research administrators, research sponsors, IRB members, and investigators. More generally, it contains important information for all who want to ensure the best protection for participants and researchers alike in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
Protecting Human Subjects
Publication Date: 1999

Examines the critical issues and processes related to the protection of human subjects who participate in research. The topic is approached with an interest in the empirical research that has been done to study the effects of the practice of research. From the standpoint of metacognition, this is a volume about the research done on the effects of conducting research.
Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research
Publication Date: 2009

With concerns rising over the ethical dimensions of behavioral research and the developments in ethical codification and the research review process, Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research looks at the research community’s response to the ethical challenges that arise in the application of research approaches.

Human Subject Research: IRB

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The NU IRB Guide

Human Subject (IRB)

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