Institutional Review Board

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a group of people who review and approve human research. The IRB includes medical people, scientists, and people from the local community. They review human research to make sure it is well-planned and ethical. The IRB serves to protect the rights and your welfare before and during the research study. For example, the IRB makes sure that any risks are small. The IRB decides whether it is right to ask people whether they want to take part in a research study. The IRB also reviews each research study while it is going on to make sure volunteers are protected.

The links to the left provide resourceful information for IRB Members.

If you are a interested in serving as an IRB Member please contact the Research Institute at research.institute@phci.org or (262)928-4773.