Contact Us
Contact Us
The IRB Office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the exception of university holidays.
IRB Presentation Request Form IRB Submission Instructions
Who Do I Contact?
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General Questions
423-439-6053
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Educational Presentations/Tabling Requests
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College/Departmental IRB Liaisons
Each college that conducts human subjects research is assigned an HRPP staff member to serve as that unit’s primary point of contact for research support.
Examples: IRB submission process and status, responding to IRB-requested changes, IRB policy and human subjects research compliance, training and education requests and compliance, and other protocol-specific needs.
College/Unit Contact - College of Arts and Sciences: Criminal Justice & Criminology only
- College of Education and Human Development: Early Childhood & Elementary Education (ECEE), Cross-Disciplinary Studies, and COE in Early Childhood Learning & Development
- College of Public Health: Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Community & Behavioral Health, and Center for Rural Health and Research
Morgan Hess
IRB Review Specialist
423-439-6004
- College of Arts and Sciences, excluding Criminal Justice
- College of Education and Human Development: ELPA, TALS, University School, and Center for Rural Education and Development
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Nursing
- College of Public Health: Biomedical Health Sciences, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Sciences, and Health Services Management & Policy
- College of Medicine
- College of Pharmacy
Theresia Cannon, M.Ed.
IRB Review Specialist
423-439-6055
- College of Business & Technology
- Graduate School
- Honors College
- Sherrod Library
- Strong Brain Institute
- Child and Family Health Institute
- Administrative Units (Student Life and Enrollment, Business & Finance, etc.)
Katie Sellers, MBA, CIP
Director, Human Research Protection Program
423-439-6054
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Reportable New Information
Reportable new information is any new or unexpected information that may affect participant safety, rights, welfare, or the IRB’s previous approval of a study and therefore must be promptly reported to the IRB.
More information about reportable events here.
Katie Sellers, MBA, CIP
423-439-6054
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Reliance Agreements/Single IRB & Collaborative Research
Feedback, Questions, or Comments:
The Institutional Review Board Office strives to help researchers achieve an optimal experience. To anonymously contact the IRB Office with suggestions, concerns, complaints, or feedback, please visit this link.
The Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP) has responsibility for oversight of compliance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations for the protection of human research subjects (see 45 CFR part 46), also known as the Common Rule. In carrying out this responsibility, OHRP reviews complaints involving human subjects research that fall under its oversight, and those may be submitted here.