Institutional Review Board

The ethical treatment of human subjects is something that we as researchers — faculty and students — should be concerned with. This page contains the latest revisions of Bethel documents governing the treatment of human subjects.

If you are planning on doing research involving the use of human participants, you will need to complete the Human Subjects Review Form. To determine what level of review your study needs, consult the Institutional Review Board guidelines. Note: with respect to the latter, not all research needs to be reviewed by the IRB Committee, but all research does need to be reviewed at the appropriate level. Please consult the IRB guidelines below, and/or consult with one of the IRB Committee members if you have a question about the level of your research.

Departmental representatives:

Nancy Brule (Chairperson)
Peter Jankowski
Maureen Juarez

Sue Steen

Cara Wald (Privacy Officer/HR)

Nancy Brule is the contact person for the Institutional Review Board. The next meeting of the IRB Committee is scheduled for December 10, 2008. If you would like your research proposal reviewed by the IRB Committee, please submit your Human Subjects Review Form prior to 9:00 a.m. on the scheduled review date.

Please note: some of the documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open and print the documents. The Human Subjects Review Form is in a format that enables you to work within the document.

Institutional Review Board checklist (pdf file of some guidelines in helping you conduct research)

Institutional Review Board guidelines (this page will help you determine whether you need to submit your research to Bethel's IRB Committee)

Human Subjects Review Form (this is the form that should be turned in to the committee)

Informed Consent guidelines (this file provides guidelines for constructing an informed consent form)

Informed Consent example form (pdf file of an outline for an informed consent letter)