Lee University established the Institutional Review Board (IRB) to protect the rights of human participants and to promote quality research by faculty and students.
The IRB must approve any research development, testing, and evaluation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge concerning living individual(s) about whom an investigator, whether professional or student, conducting research obtains data through intervention or interaction with the individual(s) or identifiable private information.
See below for upcoming committee meeting dates. Proposals needing full board review should be submitted at least 7 days prior to this scheduled meeting to be considered for review.
(Tentatively scheduled) Fall 2023 IRB committee meeting dates:
October 25th
November 29th
Joseph Daft, PhD
Julie Gardenhire, PhD
Sherry Kasper, PhD
Taz Kicklighter, PhD
Thaddeus McRae, PhD
Bryan Poole, PhD
David Smartt, PhD
The submission proposal process is as follows:
- Complete the appropriate proposal document (human subjects review form or animal review form) and submit it to OURS at [email protected]
- Along with the proposal document, each investigator is required to submit a Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) completion certificate.
- The OURS will conduct an initial review of the research proposal to ensure all major components of the proposal have been completed.
- The IRB Chairperson will then review the proposal to determine the appropriate review category (i.e., exempt, expedited, or full-board review) has been marked.
- The IRB Chairperson and/or committee will then review the proposal and provide comments for the investigator(s) where necessary.
- The investigator(s) should then highlight all changes to the research proposal and resubmit it to the OURS for a final review.
- After the proposal has been reviewed and approved by the IRB committee, the OURS will notify the investigator(s) of the approval via email.
Please contact [email protected] for any necessary forms or with any questions.