As federal regulations are a “floor” and not a ‘”ceiling” on human subjects’ protection, the University of Richmond — as with most institutions — has university-specific policies and procedures.<\/p>\n
These UR-specific policies and procedures can be accessed at the IRB website<\/a> and in the attached UR IRB Policy Guide<\/a>.\u00a0 Chapter 7 of the UR IRB Policy Guide lists those policies which have been approved by the University of Richmond IRB.\u00a0 University of Richmond policies must be adopted by a recorded vote of the convened IRB.\u00a0 The IRB Chair is authorized to make minor changes such as updates to revised links, name changes, citations, etc.<\/p>\n Questions on the IRB can be directed to Dr. R. Kirk Jonas at either irb@richmond.edu<\/a> or rjonas@richmond.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n University of Richmond faculty members serve on the IRB.\u00a0 They often have discipline-specific information that might be of value to researchers.\u00a0 A list of current IRB members and alternates can be found on the Members page <\/a>of the UR IRB website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As federal regulations are a “floor” and not a ‘”ceiling” on human subjects’ protection, the University of Richmond — as with most institutions — has university-specific policies and procedures. These UR-specific policies and procedures can be accessed at the IRB … Continue reading