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Northwestern Health Sciences University's Institutional Review Board (IRB) is housed within the Office of Research Administration and Compliance. The IRB reviews research involving human subjects to ensure that subjects are not placed at undue risk, and that they give uncoerced, informed consent to participate in the research.

next IRB meeting: May 20, 2008

applications due: May 9, 2008

IRB INFORMATION

• Definitions, Goals, and Authority (PDF file)
• Members
• Application Deadlines and Meeting Dates
• IRB Operations and Recordkeeping (PDF file)

RELATED SITES

• Federal Policy 45 CFR 46
• Research Investigator Responsibilities (The Nuremberg Code)
• The Belmont Report
• Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
• Office for Human Subjects Research