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Certification of Rutgers IRB Approval
May 3, 2000
TO: Deans, Centers, Department Chairs, Faculty and Students Conducting Research Involving Human Subjects
FROM: James L. Flanagan
Vice President for Research
SUBJECT: Certification of Rutgers IRB Approval of Student Research Involving Human Subjects
I am writing to inform you of an important new policy which will help assure the
protection of human subjects involved in research protocols conducted by Rutgers
University students. Recent stringent federal actions taken against universities and other
institutions due to noncompliance with federal regulations regarding human subjects
research underscores the need for strict adherence to the following policy:
All academic programs (e.g. undergraduate honors programs, graduate dissertation programs, special problems courses) that include research involving human subjects require each student's written certification that approval from the Rutgers Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB) has been obtained for their research project and that approval was granted prior to the initiation of the research. In addition, each report and/or dissertation that is based on human subject research is now required to carry a citation of the approved IRB protocol title and number.
Current policy requires students submitting a protocol to have a faculty sponsor for the project. Faculty sponsors must certify that the student is knowledgeable about the regulations and policies governing research with human subjects and has sufficient training and experience to conduct the particular study, in addition to having the faculty sponsor's approval of the study.
Please contact Karen Janes, Assistant Director for Research Subjects, at 732-932-0150 x 2105, or Michelle Gibel, CIM, IRB Administrator, at 732-932-0150 x 2104, if you have any questions regarding this policy. Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.
cc: K. Janes
B. Komisaruk
M. Gibel
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