Institutional Review Board

Duffy Felmlee
Jessica Nicklin
Co-Chairs, Institutional Review Board
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

irb@hartford.edu

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Hartford is charged with the ethical review and oversight of research that involves human subjects. The complementary concerns of the IRB are to protect human subjects from harm and to support the advancement of ethics in science.

We strongly encourage you to review the information on this site as it may answer many of your questions regarding human subjects research.

Manual of Policies and Procedures Submitting a Proposal

Training and CITI Certification

Every researcher submitting a research proposal to the IRB must provide CITI certification of human subjects training for themselves and any other researchers participating. This includes student researchers, faculty supervising student research, and researchers from other institutions.

IRB Training

Members

The IRB is on summer recess in July and August” then add Schedule for 2023-2024.

Institutional Review Board (IRB) members are:

Karen Breda, Associate Professor, Nursing, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Wednesday Bushong, Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
EB Caron, Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Stephen Charry, Clinical/Applied Assistant Professor of Prosthetics and Orthotics, College of ENHP
Robert Dryden, Ph.D., Professor, Hillyer College
Duffy Felmlee, Co-Chair, Associate Professor, College of ENHP
Harvey Gilmore, Associate Professor, Barney School of Business
Sarah Hart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of ENHP
Thilagha Jagaiah, Assistant Professor of Special Education, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Sarah Ketay, Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Branislav Kovacic, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
Solaleh Miar, Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Akane Mori, Associate Professor, The Hartt School
Jessica Nicklin, Co-Chair, Assistant Provost for Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Professor
Administration, Provost, Psychology
Leila Rosa, Assistant Professor, Department of Education Studies, Rhode Island College
Karla Loya-Suarez, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Sheetal Sood, Associate Dean for Assessment, Faculty Development and Special Projects, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Xin Ye, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions

2023-2024 Meeting Schedule

August 25, 2023
September 15, 2023
October 20, 2023
November 17, 2023
December 15, 2023
January 19, 2024
February 16, 2024
March 15, 2024
April 19, 2024
May 17, 2024

All full reviews must be submitted two weeks prior the scheduled meeting.

Exempt and Expedited Reviews typically take 4 weeks and are on a rolling basis. Full reviews do not occur in the summer when committee members are off contract.