The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research reviews research proposals to ensure that the rights and welfare of human subjects used in research studies are protected and any research is conducted in an ethical manner and in compliance with established standards and best practices. Those individuals seeking to conduct research may not solicit subject participation or begin data collection until they have obtained clearance by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research.  

Before approval of any research project, Principal Researchers must complete training on the Protection of Human Research Participants.  Approved training is available at either of these sites: 

The National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural research  

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)  

Research projects are submitted to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research.  Required documents include: 

Completed CBC Request to Conduct Research form 

Informed consent form 

Measures/questionnaires used in the project 

Form links: 

IRB Request to Conduct Research Form 

The National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural research @ https://phrp.nihtraining.com 

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) @ https://about.citiprogram.org/en/homepage/ 

Submit the completed forms to the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research.