B. Institutional Review Board

Institutional Review Board

Mandate:

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Xavier University School of Medicine has the mandate to ensure that all approved research proposals meet internationally agreed standards for conducting research and that all research is conducted ethically and no harm to the research subjects ensures due to the conduct of the research.

Terms of Reference:

The chair of the IRB is appointed by the Chief Academic Officer (CAO). The chair in consultation with the CAO appoints other IRB members. The IRB has designed a proposal submission form which researchers can use to submit research proposals. The researcher has to complete the form and submit to the IRB for review as xirb@xusom.com. The IRB has also prepared a form which reviewers can use for reviewing proposals. The reviewer submit their reviews to the chair through email. Based on the recommendations of the members, proposal may be either accepted or the authors may be asked to revise the same. All correspondence is electronic and the IRB aims to provide a first decision within 2 weeks of proposal submission.

The IRB works in close co-operation with the research committee to promote ethical research in the institution. As the institution is small, there may be a certain degree of overlap of membership between Research committee and the IRB.