Sponsored Programs & Research

Human Subject Research - Institutional Review Board

Please use the irb@ulm.edu email address for submissions, questions, and other information pertaining to the IRB.

 

Welcome

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is designed to review, approve initiation of, and conduct periodic review of all research projects involving human subjects conducted by The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) faculty, students, or staff (including collaborative projects with other institutions and agencies).  Before submitting a project for review, investigators are urged to read The Handbook for Ensuring Protection of Human Research Subjects [in pdf].

Useful links and resources

• Human Subjects Protection Policy [rev. 08/20/19]
  
  
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - Title 45 - Part 46 - Protection of Human Subjects
  
  
• The Belmont Report- Ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subject research
  
  
• Decision charts -The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) provides the following graphic aids as a guide for institutional review boards (IRBs), investigators, and others who decide if an activity is research involving human subjects that must be reviewed by an IRB under the relevant requirements. The charts address decisions on the following: - whether an activity is research that must be reviewed by an IRB;- whether the review may be performed by expedited procedures, and
  - whether informed consent or its documentation may be waived.
  
  
• Common Rule Revision Comparison

 

• Informed consent checklist

 

• Informed consent tips
  
  

• Class Projects Policy
  
  
• Sample informed consent
  
  
• Sample assent Exempt policy
  
  
• Student Participants Policy

Reminders                                                                                

1. All PIs and Collaborators must complete CITI Training prior to initiation of project.
   
   
2. All proposals must receive IRB approval prior to initiation of project.
   
   
3. The IRB committee meets one time each month to review all completed proposals.

- Download the Fall 2025 proposal submission deadlines and committee meeting dates

- Download the Spring 2026 proposal submission deadlines and committee meeting dates

 

Thesis Chair_PI IRB Statement [02/23/23]

 

Proposal Submission Procedures

1. Complete Request for Review – Projects Using Human Subjects (rev. 08/31/21).

                   (NOTE: The Reviewer's Form is used to evaluate the Request for Review Application.)

1. • Special Considerations Categories
     1. Please check all that apply.
     2. "Students" refers to students at a level less than college, in which case children should also be marked.  If they are university students, that category does not have to be marked.
        
        
2. Pregnant or lactating women should only be marked if that is the specific group that is being targeted.
   
   
3. Obtain required signatures.
   
   
4. Submit the original Request for Review form and all applicable attachments to the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research.  Incomplete applications will result in a delay of approval.
   
   
5. The OSPR will notify the PI of the IRB's decision within 14 working days of the meeting.

2024-2025 IRB Board Members

• Dr. Karen Arrant, CHS
• Dr. Mallory Benedetto, CAES
• Ms. Donna Eichhorn, CHS
• Dr. Robert Hanser, CBSS - Chair
• Dr. Courtney Harris, CBSS
• Dr. Goun Ji, CHS
• Dr. Samuel Shannon, CHS
• Dr. Sandra Watson, CAES
• Dr. Joyce Zhou, CBSS
• Dr. Arie Spitzfaden, Community Member
• Ms. Meghan Risinger, Community Member
• Ms. LaWanna Gilbert-Bell, OSPR, Ex-officio
• Ms. Summer Moore, OSPR, Ex-officio
• Ms. Judy Naslund, OSPR, Ex-officio