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The Charge of the Institutional Review Board: 

  • To provide independent evaluation of biomedical and behavioral research
  • To protect human subjects; to ensure their safety and that their participation is fully consensual 
  • To evaluate the potential of investigators' biases
  • To ensure the research methodology complies with regulations and laws related to the protection of human subjects

Grady C. (2015). Institutional Review Boards: Purpose and Challenges. Chest, 148(5), 1148–1155. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.15-0706

About the IRB

The IRB is committed to serving our campus research community, including KCOM, MOSDOH, CGHS, NMRC, and other appropriately engaged entities. 

The IRB's role: 

  • Provide relevant guidelines and information, accessible forms and simple to use document templates.  
  • Demystify the regulatory processes, ensure that complete and understandable information is always provided to your research participants/partners
  • Evaluate and oversee studies to ensure risks to participants are minimized and acceptable in consideration of the benefits, and advise and consult on research ethical conduct issues.

IRB Board Members:

Name Email Phone number Department
Deborah Clay dclay@atsu.edu 660-626-2860 Sponsored Programs
Matt Eichor meichor@atsu.edu    
Marie Evans MLEvans@atsu.edu    
Timothy Geisbuhler tgeisbuhler@atsu.edu 660-626-2315 Physiology
David Goldman DRLINCOLN@atsu.edu 660-626-2235 Neurobehavioral Sciences
John Grider jgrider@atsu.edu    
Jane Johnson jjohnson@atsu.edu 660-626-2331

Still Research Institute
Nancy Rourke nancy_rourke@atsu.edu    
Dr. Karen Snider KSnider@atsu.edu 660-626-2304 Medical Education
Melissa Stuart MStuart@atsu.edu 660-626-2474 Microbiology
Dr. Robert Theobald rtheobald@atsu.edu 660-626-2316 Pharmacology