Institutional Review Board

Contact

Email the IRB: irb@smumn.edu

Office Location:
Twin Cities Campus
2500 Park Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404

If you have any issues or concerns about research involving human subjects at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, please contact Dr. Jack McClure, the IRB Chair, at jmcclure@smumn.edu or Dr. Sarah Ferguson, the Vice Provost for Faculties and Academic Affairs at sferguso@smumn.edu.

Training/Education

CITI Training

All principal investigators/researchers, student researchers, and student research advisors/supervisors conducting research involving human subjects at Saint Mary’s must enroll and complete the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program. This training must be completed prior to submitting a research protocol to the IRB. All students, faculty, and staff with a Saint Mary’s email can sign up and register at no cost.

Log in to CITI

IRB Standard Operating Procedures 

Application Forms

Application for Initial IRB Review

Instructions for Application for Initial IRB Review

Application for Amendments to an Already-Approved Protocol

Application for Continuing Review

Notification of a Course-Based Research Project

Report an Adverse or Unanticipated Event to the IRB

Worksheets

Assessing Risk

Criteria for Approval

Determining Human Subjects Research

Exemption Criteria

Expedited Criteria

Informed Consent Criteria

Prisoners as Subjects

Research Advisor Approval Worksheet

Research Involving Children

Protecting Vulnerable Populations

Waiver or Alteration of Informed Consent