Transcript EPCC Institutional Review Board

What is Research?
More than you know!
EPCC’s IRB needs your attention
The Institution
Review Board is
charged with
insuring that ALL
research done
at/by EPCC
conforms to
standards set to
protect human
subjects.
What constitutes research with
Human Subjects?
Using humans (students too) to
answer questions posed.
This includes surveys used by
faculty/staff in the classroom.
This includes surveys done by
students outside the classroom.
Obvious to many, this includes
experimentation done using students,
and others.
What to do if you are doing
research:
Contact the IRB to
apply for clearance
to conduct your
research.
Obtain an application
form.
Complete the brief
form.
Return the form to
the IRB.
WAIT for clearance
(most clearance is
given quickly)
How do you contact the IRB?
Visit the College
web-page.
Contact the Office of
the VP of Research
and Development
(Mr. Saul Candelas:
[email protected]).
Contact IRB Chair
(Keith Pannell:
[email protected]).
Why?
We must maintain
ethical, moral, and legal
guidelines for any/all
research done under the
umbrella of EPCC.
Federal funding (Pell
Grants, etc.) may be
jeopardized when
researchers are unaware
of the boundaries
involved with human
subjects.
Federal Law protects
“Human Subjects”.
Brought to you by your friendly IRB.
Thank You.