Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Office of Research and Scholarship

× Updated COVID-19 and Research Guidance (Effective September 3, 2021) 

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.

IRB Contact:

Please contact the IRB Chair, David Pearson, with any questions regarding which form to submit.

Office of Human Research Protection Information

• Policy and Guidance
• DHHS Home Page

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.

IRB Handbook

• 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

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 Forms

• IRB Forms

Resources for Researchers

• IRB Decision-Making Chart

2020-2021 IRB Members

• David Pearson,  Ph. D., Chair Pharmacy
• Carla Reichard, Ph.D., Assistant Director, ORS
• 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
• Chris Frydenlund, Environmental Health and Safety (Ex-Officio)
• Marina Astakhova, Ph.D., Management and Marketing
• Chet Thomas, (External Member)
• Ashleigh Day, Ph.D., Communication