Researchers are required to a submit request to the IRB for review. The request must be approved by the IRB prior to collecting data or contacting participants. The types of review conducted by IRB are:

• Full Board Review & Expedited Review
• Exempt Review
• Continuation Review  
• Modification/Amendment Review                                                          

Details of these review types can be checked here

Complete the request form for the type of review necessary for research and submit it to the Office of Research and Technology Transfer (ORTT). Attach the completed training certificate, the appropriate informed consent document, and other materials involved in the study.

Forward the request to the IRB Staff located in the Arkansas Biosciences Building, Room 114. For electronic submissions, email the request to Sheri Walls

Adverse Event

If an unanticipated harmful incident or detrimental outcome is experienced by a participant as a result of participation, immediately complete the adverse event form to report the incident within 24 hours of the initial discovery. Adverse events include any incident or event that results in harm whether psychological, physical, social, legal, economic, or if it puts the participant at more than a minimal risk.

It is the responsibility of the researcher to report any incident not only in the case where there is a clear cause-effect relationship, but also when there is only a possibility that that the participant suffered harm because of their participation in the research study.