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UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4000
Tel: 919-962-1319
Fax: 919-962-1476
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH STUDIES:
NEW IRB WEBSITE AND FORMS
As recently announced, the Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) was created to centralize and enhance oversight of research at UNC-Chapel Hill involving human subjects. The next phase of integration will be to standardize practices across all Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) on campus.
The IRBs have worked together over the last year to develop standardized application forms, consent form templates and related guidance. These are now available on a common website, shared by all IRBs at http://ohre.unc.edu. The existing school-based websites for individual IRBs will be removed on February 15, 2005.
The new application and consent forms will be accepted immediately, and will be required for new IRB submissions after March 15, 2005. Please be reminded that new human subjects training requirements for researchers and staff will also go into full effect on March 15, 2005. See http://ohre.unc.edu/educ.php for more information.
For all changes there is a "grace period" to allow for transition, after which old forms and training will not be accepted. All research teams are strongly encouraged to begin using new materials immediately, and to visit the new website for further information.
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Academic Affairs Institutional Review Board
CB 3378, 6th Floor, Bank of America Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3378
phone: (919) 962-7761
The Academic Affairs Institutional Review Board (AA-IRB) is authorized by the Federal government to review and approve research involving human participants. There are five IRBs at UNC-Chapel Hill. The AA-IRB reviews all research protocols involving humans participants in Academic Affairs. Some of the departments and centers included are Anthropology, Computer Science, Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, and Recreation and Leisure Studies, as well as the Schools of Business, Education, Journalism, Law, Library Science, and Social Work.
The AA-IRB manual (including forms) is available online: AA-IRB Manual (HTML)
Anyone interested in submitting a protocol or who has questions may contact Joyce Hamlett, AA-IRB Administrator, or stop by the office on the sixth floor, Bank of America Center.