SWAGÊÓƵ

The function of the SWAGÊÓƵInstitutional Review Board is the prospective and continuing review and approval of all SWAGÊÓƵresearch involving human participants.  The committee’s purpose is to ensure that the rights and welfare of research participants are adequately protected, and that all activities involving human subjects are in compliance with federal regulations and SWAGÊÓƵpolicy.

The committee is charged with the authority for reviewing all research involving human subjects that are conducted at SWAGÊÓƵfacilities or by SWAGÊÓƵfaculty, staff or students at any location. All research that involves human subjects are reviewed at intervals appropriate to the degree of risk. The committee may approve research with or without modifications, or may withhold approval of all or any portion of a research protocol.

The SWAGÊÓƵIRB is empowered to review suspected violations of federal regulations or SWAGÊÓƵpolicy, complaints from participants, protocol violations as well as other non-compliance issues that may potential involve risks to participants or others.  The committee also has the authority to suspend or terminate a project should review find violations or non-compliance.  This authority is vested by the Provost, Dean and Executive Vice President of the college.

While the IRB is authorized to review, approve and disapprove research involving human subjects, the protection of research subjects from unnecessary or unacceptable risks is a responsibility of the entire college. The primary responsibility falls upon the investigators who are conducting the research. Nonetheless, other persons not directly involved (faculty colleagues, reviewers, division heads, etc.) share in the responsibility to establish and maintain an atmosphere where respect for the rights of individuals and compliance with applicable regulations is the standard.