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Institutional Review Board
(for the use of human subjects in research)
The University of Southern Mississippi and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services have established standards
and guidelines to protect individuals from risks associated with
participation as subjects in research studies. The university’s
Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for ensuring that
adequate safeguards are in place to minimize the risk to individuals
involved in such studies. The IRB, through an appointed chairperson,
reports directly to the vice president for research and economic
development. The IRB acts as a monitor to ensure that the university’s
research using
people as participants is in compliance with the U.S. DHHS policies
and other procedures. All investigations, experiments, surveys,
or demonstrations involving human subjects, regardless of funding
or the source of the funds, must be reviewed and approved by the
Institutional Review Board before the activity is begun. This includes
activities in which a faculty member is supervising research activities,
including class projects, master’s theses, specialist’s
theses and projects, and doctoral dissertations.Application forms
for submission of protocols for review by the Institutional Review
Board are available from each college’s representative and
in the Office of Graduate Studies. Prior to submitting the required
copies of an application for approval by the IRB, students should
do the following: (1) have the application approved by their thesis,
project, or dissertation director or professor teaching a course,
(2) secure the appropriate signatures, and (3) have the application
reviewed by their college representative to the Institutional Review
Board (IRB). Dr. Lawrence Hosman, Department of Speech Communication,
chairs the IRB. (601-266-4271). The signed and approved IRB application
forms and approval letter should be included in an appendix of the
thesis, project, and/or dissertation. For more specific information
see www.usm.edu/irb/contact.html
7-28-2005
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