Institutional Review Board
2008 IRB Symposium Highlights
USM's IRB has been listed as a "Best Practices Site" by PRIM&R,
the professional association of human subject protection specialists.
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USM has three certified IRB professionals:
William Harrison
Christopher Mangelli
Ross Hickey
NIH Training Module Replaced!
A new online training module has replaced the NIH
certification. It is called
the Protecting Human Research participants (PHRP) course. All links for
NIH training modules will take you to the new website.
Student
Handbook on Human Subject Research
Attention
New IRB Application Forms are
available for download
All materials for IRB applications should be:
- Inter-campus mailed to 178 Science Bldg., Portland Campus, or
- Placed
in the ORC dropbox outside 178 Science Bldg., Portland, or
- Sent U.S. mail to Office of Research Compliance, USM, PO Box 9300,
Portland, ME 04104-9300, or
- Emailed to usmirb@usm.maine.edu
What is the IRB?
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a standing committee
comprised of
professors, physicians, and community members
who ensure that research
involving human participants is
well planned and ethical.
Important!
The only legally authorized entity at USM that can determine what is or is not research (as defined in 45 CFR 46), for purposes of regulatory compliance and human subjects protection, is the ORC/IRB. No other person, group, department, etc. has the legal authority to make such a determination.
IRB Registration # IRB00001953
Federal Assurance # 00001748
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