Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Human Research Protection Program
× Updated COVID-19 and Research Guidance (Effective September 3, 2021)
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is overseen by the UT Tyler Human Research Protections Program (HRPP) which is responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of research participants, as well as ensuring excellent scientific research is conducted ethically and in compliance with all federal, state, local regulations, and institutional policies.
The purpose of the UT Tyler IRB is to review research proposals that involves human beings before the research is initiated to ensure ethically-conducted research for the protection of human subjects. Proposals are reviewed based on the ethical principles outlined in the Belmont Report: beneficence, justice and respect for persons. The principles are reflected as standards of practice in the Code of Federal Regulations established by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Title 45.
New Information as of 9/1/2022
The Institution Review Boards (IRBs) of the main campus and HSC campus are finalizing the integration of their programs. The Human Research Protections Program is happy to announce that effective Thursday, September 1, 2022, the transition from the Cayuse IRB online platform to the IRBManager online platform will be complete. Beginning September 1, all IRB related activities will be conducted through the IRBManager platform. All active studies have now been loaded into the IRBManager system and researchers can access their information at any time. The Cayuse IRB system will no longer be available for use after August 31, 2022.
For additional information about the IRBManager and New User Accounts, please click here.
IRB Contacts:
- Lisa Bush, HRPP/IRB Director: lisa.bush@uthct.edu or lbush@uttyler.edu
- Vacant, IRB Coordinator:
- Felice Calico, IRB Coordinator: felicia.calico@uthct.edu
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Dr. David Pearson, IRB Chair: dpearson@uttyler.edu - IRB office: (903) 877-7632 or irb@uthct.edu
IRB Forms
Resources for Researchers
Training Modules: Protection of Human Subjects in Research
IMPORTANT: All PIs and co-investigators must complete CITI training before any IRB submissions are approved. Please visit the Training page for more details and login information.
- Responsibility and Scope of the UT Tyler IRB
- Definitions
- Responsibilities of the Principal Investigator
- Criteria for IRB Approval
- Types of Reviews by the UT Tyler IRB
- Protocols Using Retrospective Data
- Collaborative Research
- Student PIs
- Human Subjects Research Training for IRB Members, PIs and the Research Team
- Decisions of IRB Reviews
- Submissions of Proposals
- Procedures for Investigating and Reporting Incidents of Research Misconduct and Non-Compliance
- Suspension/Termination of Investigations
- Unanticipated Problems or Adverse Event/Death
- Policy on Management of Human Subject Complaints and Assurance of Confidentiality
- Informed Consent
- Certificates of Confidentiality
- HIPPA Privacy Rule Policy in Research
- UT Tyler HIPAA Requirements
- Policy on Protection of Pregnant Women, Human Fetuses and Neonates in Research
- Protection of Prisoners in Research
- Policy on Informed Consent of Children
- Protection of Children Involved in Research
- Policy on Clinical Trial Registration and Results Dissemination for Federally Funded Studies
- Policy for Data and Safety Monitoring of Human Subject Research Studies
- Use of Radioactive Equipment in Research
- Special Subject Populations: Students
- Special Subject Populations: Employees
- Unaffiliated Investigator Agreement
- External Reviews Conducted by the University of Texas at Tyler Institutional Review Board
- Review of IRB Policies, Procedures and Forms
- Undergraduate and Graduate Student Course-Related Research Projects
Office of Human Research Protection Information
Resources for IRB Members
- General Information for IRB Members
- IRB Member Agreement
- Streamlining IRB Meetings: What You Can Do?
- UT Tyler IRB Delegated Reviewer Checklist
IRB Members
- David Pearson, Ph.D.,Pharmacy; IRB Chair
- Christopher Thomas, Ph.D., Education
- Danice Greer, Ph.D., Nursing
- Fredericka Brown, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
- Lauren Kirby, Ph.D., Psychology
- Leonard Brown, Ph.D., Computer Science
- Neil Dong, Ph.D., Health and Kinesiology
- Phillip Dancy, Ph.D. (External Member)
- Richard Helfers, Ph.D., Social Sciences
- Marina Astakhova, Ph.D., Management and Marketing
- Chet Thomas, (External Member)
- Ashleigh Day, Ph.D., Communication