Activities that Require IRB Review

All human subjects research, and all other activities, which in part involve human subject research, regardless of sponsorship, must be reviewed and approved by the UC Merced IRB, or registered exempt by the Office of Research IRB Administration prior to initiation. This includes all interventions and interactions with human subjects for research, including advertising, recruitment and/or screening of potential subjects. Additionally, use of state death data records must be reviewed and approved by the UC Merced IRB prior to initiation.

UC Merced operates under the Federalwide Assurance FWA00005105

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Rich Miller is Chair of the IRB (209) 228-4341