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Procedures:
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Application:
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Prior
to begining research or acquiring covered materials, researchers complete
and submit an application to the Miami Research Ethics and Integrity
Office (sullivnh@miamioh.edu
or suttonja@miamioh.edu).
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Review:
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Applications
are distributed or made available to all members of the IBC. If after
5 business days, a convened meeting review has not been called for.
The IBC or a subcommittee of the IBC (dependent on the nature of the
research) reviews the application individually via email correspondence.
Any committee member may call for a convened committee review of an
application. If a convened meeting is called, researchers will be
invited to directly respond to questions or comments. If a convened
meeting is not called, the IBC chair will synthesize the comments
of the reviewers and send a list of comments to the researcher.
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Revisions:
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Researchers
respond directly to each comment on the list and revises the protocol
included in the application to reflect any modifications or amendments
included in the reviewers comments responses, highlighting the changes
of thereview copy. The revised application is submitted to the IBC.
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Approval:
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Research
may commence once explicit approval is received from the chair by
email. Protocols are approved until the next April 30th. A status
report is requested annually in March of each year for review and
continuing approval. (note: requests for status reports for all active
protocols, including those approved any time in the previous year
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Forms:
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Miami IBC Chair is Dr. Joseph Carlin
(carlinjm@miamioh.edu)
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