Institutional Review Board (IRB)

An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee established to review research involving human subjects.  All research that involves humans as participants requires IRB review and approval prior to initiation of the study. The primary purpose of IRBs is to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects involved in research under their authority. ETSU has established two IRBs to review research conducted by ETSU. The Biomedical and Health Sciences IRB and Social and Behavioral IRB are an important part of ETSU's Human Research Protection Program.