Human Research Review Board (HRRB)

About This Committee

The research community has a responsibility to ensure that the treatment of human participants in research meets the highest ethical standards. If the proposed research activity involves human participants and may contribute, through publication, presentation, or dissemination to "generalizable knowledge", then the activity requires review and approval by the UCR Human Research Review Board (HRRB) before any recruitment or research involving human participants may begin. HRRB review and approval is required for all research projects involving human participants, regardless of: 1) whether the project is funded or not, 2) the source of the funds, if funded or 3) the level of risk posed to participants.

Community Reference Information

The University of California, Riverside, (UCR) research community has a responsibility to make sure that the treatment of human participants in research meets the highest standards of ethics, care, and consideration, and that accurate and current information is provided to all prospective research participants. Our goal is to maintain and promote an open and cooperative relationship between researchers and the greater university community, and to inform/educate the larger community about standards for human participant research that all researchers must abide by in order to conduct their research.

Click for more information.

Policies

The UCR Policies and Procedures for Human Research Protection (or SOPs) detail the policies and regulations governing research with human participants and the requirements for submitting research proposals for review by the HRRB.

Click for more information.

Forms

Click here to view Research Integrity forms.

UCR IRB Registry for Studies under the UC MOU

Starting July 1, 2012, UC investigators applying for a new or renewed reliance on another UC IRB will be required to do so using the UC Online Reliance Registry. Paper NOITRs will no longer be processed.

Click here for more information.

Training

• Human Subjects Online Tutorial (HRRB)
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) - This course covers the core Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) instructional areas with the exception of human subjects and animal welfare.  You may also be interested in our  Human Subjects Tutorial and our Lab Animals Tutorial.
• Guidance on NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) on-line tutorial Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP) (NOT-OD-08-054) National Institutes of Health

Schedule of Human Research Review Board meetings (and timeline)

Click here to view the schedule in PDF format.

If you have any questions regarding either of these links, please contact the Office of Research Integrity at 951-827-4811 or by email at irb@ucr.edu..