RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS

    If your proposed project will involve human subjects, you must obtain approval from the California State University, Los Angeles Institutional Review Board-Human Subjects (IRB) prior to beginning your project. This applies to all kinds of projects, including biomedical, behavioral, survey, and educational projects, and it includes both funded and unfunded research projects. The purpose of the review is to assess risk to and protect the rights of human research subjects, in accordance with federal regulations. For more detailed information about the IRB and its procedures, you may download the IRB Regulations, Procedures, and Application Guidelines below.

IMPORTANT! Note: All key personnel on National Institutes of Health-sponsored grants must complete an annual education and training program on the protection of human research subjects. All students applying to the IRB for approval of thesis and other projects are required to complete this education program as well. This requirement can be satisfied by completing the online tutorial available by clicking on the link below. Certification of completion of this tutorial must accompany each new or continuing application for IRB review. NIH-produced videotapes to supplement this training program can be obtained at the ORSP office.

     Table of Contents:

Online Tutorial 

IRB Regulations, Guidelines & Application Form

Guide to Prereviews

IRB Meeting Calendar

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ONLINE TUTORIAL

 Online Tutorial

(This tutorial is used with the permission of the University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota is not responsible or liable for the content or use of this tutorial. Any reference to the University of Minnesota in this tutorial should be disregarded by the user.)

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IRB REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION MATERIALS

Call Ellen Stein, IRB Coordinator, at 323-343-3798 for further information.

 IRB Regulations & Procedures

 IRB Application Guidelines

 Application Form

 Sample Consent Form 

 Application for Waiver for Research Involving the Review of Existing Data

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2007-2008 IRB Meeting Calendar

All meetings will be held on Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Meetings will take place in Golden Eagle 220.