IRB Review Process
Request a Review
Researchers are required to submit a request to the IRB for review. The request must be approved by the IRB prior to collecting data or contacting participants. The types of review conducted by IRB are:
Full Board Review & Expedited Review | Request
for Review Form
Exempt Review | Request for Exemption
Form
Continuation Review | Request for
Continued
Review Form
Modification/Amendent
Review | Request for Protocol Modiification
or Amendment Review
Form
Complete the request form for the type of review necessary for research and submit it to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP). Attach the completed training certificate, the appropriate informed consent document, and other materials involved in the study. Forward the request to the IRB Staff located in the Administration North Building, Room 201 or Room 205. For electronic submissions, email the request to Angela Willis at aewillis@ualr.edu.
For research conducted at UAMS, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI), or the Veterans Administration (VA), please submit the UAMS IRB Approval decision memo to the UALR IRB Staff.
Adverse Event
If an unanticipated harmful incident or detrimental outcome is experienced by a participant as a result of participation, immediately complete the adverse event form to report the incident within 24 hours of the initial discovery. Adverse events include any incident or event that results in harm whether psychological, physical, social, legal, economic, or if it puts the participant at more than a minimal risk.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to report any incident not only in the case where there is a clear cause-effect relationship, but also when there is only a possibility that that the participant suffered harm because of their participation in the research study.