Social and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board

Mailing address: 516 Capen Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-6474     Fax:(716)645-6792     sbsirb@research.buffalo.edu

IRB Administrator: Dr. Chris Marks, 515 Capen
Telephone: (716) 645-6474 or sbsirb@research.buffalo.edu

College of Arts and Sciences IRB Contact: Brant Kresovich
Telephone: (716) 645-0750 or bmk4@buffalo.edu

Chair: Dr. Joel O. Raynor (Psychology)
Telephone: (716) 645-0218 or jraynor@buffalo.edu

Vice-chair: Dr. Mary Ann Meeker (School of Nursing)
Telephone: (716) 829-3242 or meeker@buffalo.edu

Vice-chair: Dr. Janice L. DeLucia-Waack (Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology)
Telephone: (716) 645-1107 or jdelucia@buffalo.edu

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Duties:

Provide investigators with appropriate information to facilitate the ethical conduct of research and review submissions for completeness of materials, adherence to institutional policies, procedures and federal regulations.

N.B.: The Protocol Examples section of the SBSIRB website now includes examples of complete protocols and appendices for investigators to browse and use for ideas in constructing their own protocols. If you are willing to allow your protocol to be posted for others to see and use, please send an e-mail to SBSIRB@research.buffalo.edu with your name, protocol number, and a statement that you give permission for the SBSIRB to post this protocol to the website.

Table of Contents

Meetings

• Rolling Review Process
• Guidance on Timing and Upcoming Meeting Dates

Directions and Forms

Note: When submitting substantive materials electronically to the SBSIRB, the number of attachments should be minimized by combining all files of the same file extension type (ex. .doc, .pdf) into a single file

• Educational Requirements
• SBSIRB Excel Format Form Package
  All forms for SBSIRB submittal are now contained in this single file. By converting to this format the SBSIRB will be able to simplify the paper work by cutting down the number of different application types that need to be used by investigators as well as eliminating the need for redundant signatures. Directions for the use of this file and which pages need to be filled out are on the first worksheet of the workbook.
• New Applications directions
• Continuation/Renewal directions
• Closing a protocol directions
• Amending an approved protocol directions
• Serious Events and Problems (SEP) Reporting Directions
• IRB Review Fee Form (only for commercially sponsored research)

Substantive Material Preparation

Directions, guides, examples and templates to be used in preparation of protocols, consent documents, recruitment materials, etc. to be submitted as a part of the SBSIRB submittal process.

• Substantive Material Preparation Guide
• Protocol Example Database

Note: When submitting substantive materials electronically to the SBSIRB, the number of attachments should be minimized by combining all files of the same file extension type (ex. .doc, .pdf) into a single file

Board Member Materials

• Reviewer Guide Sheets
• Policy and Procedure Documents
• Regulations
• Additional Guidance Materials

Links to other UB IRB related sites

• Financial disclosure Form
• HIPAA website for UB Researchers
• HSIRB
• CYIRB
• OVPR Human Research Volunteers Page

Policy and Procedure Guidance from the SBSIRB

• HRPP-Topics -SBSIRB Edition
• When is IRB review of a project needed?
• SBSIRB Policy on Academic Exercises Designed for Teaching Students Research Techniques
• UB Policy on Oral History Projects -
• IRB Roster -
• Protection of Human Research Subjects Policy and Procedures Manual -
• Waiving Consent, Assent and Parental Permission to Participate in Research Involving Human Participants, a Behavioral Science Perspective.