Institutional Review Board

Important Update: As of July 2020, all IRB submissions are required to be submitted via Streamlyne.

Purpose

Under a Federal wide Assurance with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, all research involving human subjects performed by NJIT faculty, staff, and students either on-campus or off-campus, including at other institutions, must be reviewed and approved prior to initiation by the NJIT Institutional Review Board (IRB). 

According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services:

• Research is defined as systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to new knowledge.
• Human Subjects are living individuals about whom an investigator conducting research obtains (1) data from an intervention or interaction with the individual, or (2) identifiable information.

Required Training for Human Subject Research

To access required training, forms and IRB protocols for getting necessary approvals, click here.

Approval Timelines 

As of July 2020, IRB submissions are required to be completed via the new IRB Streamlyne module**.  IRB Streamlyne submission training materials and other support are available here.

Submissions must be loaded into Streamlyne IRB module at least 10 business days before the posted meeting date to ensure enough time for accurate review.

**Due to the new submission process via Streamlyne, please be sure to leave enough time to work in Streamlyne and submit on time. If it is received after the deadline posted for the next meeting, it will be pushed out to be reviewed at the following month's meeting.

IRB Membership

The Institutional Review Board reports to the Senior Vice Provost for Research.  Members of the Institutional Review Board for the 2020  calendar year are:

• Eric Hetherington, PhD, Office of Research, Co-Chair
• Eugene Deess, PhD, Institutional Research
• Britt Holbrook, PhD, Department of Humanities, Co-Chair
• Xiaobo Li, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Lori York, Essex County College
• Brian Tierney, University Counsel 
• Shivon Boodhoo, Ph.D, Office of Research
• Donghee Yvette Wohn, PhD (Informatics)
• Atam Dhawan, PhD, Senior Vice Provost for Research (Resource)

2020-2021 IRB Meeting Schedule 

**All submissions are due in Streamlyne. PDF forms are no longer accepted.

Additional Resources

• Revised Common Rule for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Involving Human Subjects
• Class-based Assignment/Activities Involving Human Subjects