IRB Office

The Institutional Review Board Office is separate from the Institutional Review Board.  The office provides the administrative support for the Boards’ functions.  It serves as the liaison or communication center between each Board and the investigators submitting their research for IRB review.  The IRB office has the administrative responsibility of documenting the reviews performed and actions taken by or on behalf of the IRBs and that the human research activities approved by the Board were approved in compliance with federal regulations and guidelines and with institutional policy.

QUESTIONS ABOUT HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH

Investigators should address all questions regarding use of human subjects or IRB actions to the IRB Office.  Contacting individual IRB members or the IRB Chairperson directly will result in a delay, since that individual will have to refer your query to the IRB Office for documentation of the communication.

Contact the IRB Office first, either in person in room 2.500U of the UTHSCSA Dental Building, by telephone at 567-2351 or e-mail:  IRBMAIL@uthscsa.edu.  The staff will answer your questions and do all that is possible to facilitate the review process.