Human Subjects and Animal Health & Welfare
Projects that involve the use of human subjects or animals in research, whether funded or unfunded, require specific approval and sign-off by the appropriate LMU commitee: the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for research involving human subjects and the Internal Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) for research involving animals.
All investigators, faculty, and students must complete the free on-line tutorial offered by the NIH Office of Extramural Research, and attach the certificate of completion with each application. The tutorial takes 2 hours. The Human Participant Protections Education for Research tutorial is found here.
**Note- The National Cancer Institute is no longer offering the free on-line tutorial. For those who completed the tutorial through the National Cancer Institute, you may still request a copy of your certificate here.
Human Subjects
Human Subjects research is any activity intended to obtain and record information from or about individuals for research purposes. This includes both direct contact with a subject and indirect contact, such as analysis of subject data.
Applications must be received in the Sponsored Projects Office (formerly the Academic Grants Office) by the 1st of the each month to be reviewed at that month's meeting.
| HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH POLICY |
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| APPLICATION TO THE IRB BOARD |
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| SAMPLE CONSENT FORM |
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| SAMPLE WAIVER OF LIABILITY FORM |
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Exemption
Applicants who believe that their research is exempt from IRB review and approval must submit an IRB Exemption form, citing the applicable category that you believe qualifies for exemption. Applications submitted as both Full Review and Exemption will not be accepted.
| APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION |
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| EXEMPTION FROM REVIEW CATEGORIES |
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Vertebrate Animals
All research projects, testing or training involving vertebrate animals must be approved by the IACUC committee. All protocols received are reviewed within 45 days of submission.
| ANIMAL CARE AND USE - IACUC POLICY |
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| ANIMAL CARE AND USE APPLICATION |
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