Transcript SLCL Human Subjects Review Committee

SLCL Human Subjects Review
Committee
Who we are
• Four faculty from SLCL:
– Melissa Bowles, Chair (SIP)
– José Ignacio Hualde (Linguistics/SIP)
– Jennifer Cole (Linguistics)
– Rebecca Foote (SIP)
What we do
• Review exempt applications from SLCL
faculty/students
• Shorter application and expedited review
process compared to applications that go to
campus IRB
What is considered exempt research?
•
 Research conducted in established or commonly accepted educational settings,
involving normal educational practices, such as: research on regular and special
education instructional strategies, or research on the effectiveness of or the
comparison among instructional techniques, curricula, or classroom management
methods.
OR
 Research involving the use of educational tests
(cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude,
achievement), survey procedures (paper or web-based questionnaires, reading of
words and phrases [examples included with application], oral description of
pictures [examples need to be included with application], retellings of stories or
other facts of common knowledge [e.g., Little Red Riding Hood], interview
procedures (guided interviews [questionnaire or list of topics included with
application]; guided interactions between two or more speakers, free
conversations [with the subjects’ stated right to have the entirety or any part of
their conversation be excluded]), or observation of public behavior (e.g.,
recordings from publicly-broadcasted internet, radio, and television, publicly
available corpora, etc.), unless:
– information obtained is recorded in such a manner that human subjects can
be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects; and
– any disclosure of the human subjects' responses outside the research could
reasonably place the subjects at risk of criminal or civil liability or be damaging
to the subjects' financial standing, employability, or reputation.
What we can and cannot review
• We can review:
– Exempt research
– Adult (18 years or older) participants
– Researchers all affiliated with UIUC
• We cannot review:
– Any research that does not fall under one of the two
exemption categories
– Any research with participants under age 18
– Any research with researchers affiliated with another
institution
– Any research that has external funding (NSF, NIH, etc.)
• If you have questions about whether your
research can be reviewed by the SLCL
committee, send an email to the listserv:
– [email protected]
Application process
• All application materials available at the
following website:
– http://www.slcl.illinois.edu/resources/humansubj
ectsreview.html
• All applications must be approved and signed
by a Responsible Principal Investigator (RPI),
who is a member of UIUC faculty
• In addition to signed application form, you
must also submit:
– Consent form(s), and their English translations if
applicable
– Training certificates (UIUC and CITI modules)
<http://www.irb.illinois.edu/?q=education/Requir
edTrainingInvestigators.html> for both RPI and
other investigators
– Recruitment announcement (email and/or
poster)
• You may submit applications electronically
(pdf preferred) to
[email protected]
• Or turn in hard copies to the mailbox in 4080
FLB marked “SLCL IRB”
• The committee does not review applications
during winter or summer break, so please plan
accordingly!
• You should expect to receive a response
(either an approval or a request for revisions
or additional information) within two weeks.
• The Chair of the committee will email the RPI
and all involved researchers.
• The official approval letter will come by e-mail
as a pdf attachment from the SLCL Director’s
Office (Marlynna Schaefer).