Institutional Review Board

Information and Application for Approval of Research

North Park University, 芝加哥 (NPU)
Institutional Review Board (IRB)

IRB形式

亚游集团官方网站机构审查委员会(NPU IRB)独立工作，由至少五名熟悉人类受试者研究的成员组成, sensitive to issues of culture, 比赛, and community attitudes, and who promote respect for NPU IRB efforts to protect research subjects. The authority of the NPU IRB to approve, require modifications in, or disapprove research derives from both federal law and institutional policy. 国立大学人事审查委员会是一个常设委员会，负责审查所有涉及或使用人类和/或动物受试者的研究，只要1)研究使用国立大学资源和/或由国立大学人员(职员)进行, 管理员, faculty) or students; and 2) the research is aimed at contributing to generalizable knowledge and is to be published or reported. 北公园IRB已在美国卫生与公众服务部注册(0010370)。. 我们委员会的工作以贝尔蒙特报告的道德原则为指导，并将遵守联邦法规45联邦法规第46部分(45 CF$ 46)。. Our Federalwide Assurance (FWA) number is 00031514. (Expires 7/22/2026)

Procedure, Review, and Responsibility

申请人必须提供由提供人类研究受试者培训的机构颁发的课程完成证书，以保护人类研究参与者, e.g. Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). CITI is a consortium to which North Park subscribes and students, 教职员工在花旗网站注册花旗帐户访问权限后，确认其与亚游集团官方网站的隶属关系，即可免费获得人类研究主题培训. The certificate of training should be attached to the completed 应用程序.

Instructions for registering for CITI Account Access may be found on the IRB表格页.

Whenever NPU IRB approval of research is required, 负责研究的人——通常是首席研究员(PI)——必须提交一份完整的申请. There are several components to the 应用程序.

The NPU IRB will determine first if the 应用程序 falls under its purview; if it does not, or if it is for some reason exempt from NPU IRB review, 申请表格将连同评核通知一并退回申请人. If the 应用程序 is reviewed, it may be 1) approved; or 2) provisionally approved pending clarification, 完成, and/or recommended changes; or 3) returned to the submitter requiring that additional safeguards or other significant amendments be incorporated for resubmission; or 4) not approved with notification sent to the applicant with the reason(s) given.

Submission of Application

申请应在NPU IRB定期会议召开前至少10天提交给NPU IRB主席. 你可能 contact the NPU IRB chair for the schedule of regular meetings.

豁免

Classroom projects designed to teach students about research are exempt as long as they are not being presented outside of the classroom; this includes not presenting information online through blog posts etc. Please complete the Classroom Research IRB Form.

对自己的教学或教学研究的研究也经常(尽管并非总是)免税. 然而，这是IRB做出的决定，研究人员必须完成一份 IRB 免除 Application.

还有其他类别的研究不受内部审查委员会的持续监督, but all require the researcher to complete an exempt 应用程序 and the IRB to make the determination. Any research with prisoners is never able to be exempt and research with minors (<18 years old), 或者孕妇很少能被豁免，这取决于豁免类别.

加快审查

在某些情况下，申请可能有资格获得快速审查. 如果有的话, 它将由内部审查委员会主席和至少一名其他有经验的委员会成员进行审查. Expedited reviews can be rejected, recommended for full review, or accepted. Expedited reviews will be conducted within 14 days from the date of receipt.

The reasons for eligibility for expedited review may include:

• 通过临床实践中常规采用的非侵入性程序收集数据, excluding procedures involving x-rays or microwaves. 在使用医疗器械的地方，它们必须经过审批/批准才能上市.
• Research involving materials that have been collected, or will be collected solely for non-research purposes.
• 研究不涉及欺骗或任何潜在的伤害(直接或间接)。.
• Continuing review of research previously approved by the convened IRB.

以下是过去四年北园审核委员会所批出的建议书类别摘要:

 

学年	免除	加快审查	完整的检查
2017–18	5	16	2
2018–19	5	16	1
2019–20	12	7	3
2020–21	11	6	2
2021–22	5	8	0

Duration of Approval

Applicants will be informed of approval by written notification. 批准的有效期为自通知之日起一个日历年. 申请人有义务通知IRB主席对程序的任何更改或遇到的任何可能增加受试者风险和/或可能危及机密性和受试者身份保护的问题. This should be communicated through submitting the Protocol Modification Form. If the applicant wishes to extend the duration of the study, and there are little or no modifications, 加急申请应在批准到期前至少一个月提交给IRB主席.

下一个步骤

下载 the 应用程序 and other IRB forms.

Contact the IRB Chairperson