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The United States Department of Health and
Human Services has established a Code of Federal Regulation for the protection of
human subjects (45 CFR 46) embodying the principles of respect for persons, beneficence,
and justice. Compliance with this regulation is overseen by the Department's Office
of Human Research Protections (OHRP). Under this regulation, any Smith College
student, faculty or staff member (including visitors) conducting research on or off
campus that involves human subjects must seek review of the research by the appropriate
college Institutional Review Board (IRB). Researchers from outside the Smith College
community conducting research on the Smith campus must also seek approval from the
appropriate Smith College IRB for their work.
Under 45 CFR 46, a human subject “means a living
individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting
research obtains (1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual,
or (2) identifiable private information.” Research, also defined in 45 CRF
46, “means a systematic investigation, including research development, testing
and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.”
The review of a research protocol by an IRB is often
lengthy, and therefore, it is strongly recommended that you contact the appropriate
IRB early on in the development of your project. Although many agencies allow you
to apply for a grant without prior IRB approval, IRB review must take
place prior to a project being initiated. Not all research involving human subjects
requires full review by an IRB and, depending on the nature of your research, an
IRB may be able to establish that your project is exempt from review. You should
note, however, that the exemption must come from the IRB itself.
To submit a research protocol or if you have
any questions about the IRB review process, please contact the IRB chair identified
below in the attached Word documents (see "Smith College IRB Committee Members," or
if you are in the School for Social Work, see "School for Social Work IRB Committee
Members").
The college's IRBs are overseen by the Sponsored
Research Office (sro@email.smith.edu or
extension 3010).
The CITI
Program is a web-based training site for researchers working with human
subjects. Training modules are available for biomedical researchers,
social and behavior researchers, and IRB committee members. Upon
completion of a training module(s), a certification completion report
will be generated and forwarded to the Smith IRB committee.
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