NOTICE:

As of October 1, 2011, all IRB proposals will be submitted through www.irbnet.org.  Please allow for extra processing time as the UST IRB transfers to the IRBNet system. 

The Mission of the Institutional Review Board

(IRB) at the University of St. Thomas is to assist faculty, staff, and student researchers in meeting the highest ethical and professional standards for the use of human subjects in scientific research.

Submission Process

Submit your protocol and all attachments electronically via IRBnet (www.irbnet.org) There are training resources linked on this website for instructions on how to use IRBnet or if you need help, please email the IRB at irb@stthomas.edu

As University policy states, the Office of the University Registrar provides student information only for the completion of official University business by employees of the University in administrative, supervisory, academic, or support staff positions. The information must be used within the limits of their legitimate educational interest as defined by the University. An employee is determined to have legitimate educational interest if the information requested is used to perform their University specified position duties. The Office of the University Registrar does not provide information to third parties except to assist with official University business, to comply with government regulations, and to fulfill court ordered mandates. 

The official response to requests for student information for use outside of official University business is to decline to provide the information in order to comply with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the student’s right to confidentiality. This protects the student from breaches of their privacy, misuse of their information, and from the receipt of unsolicited and unwanted messages from external parties.  This also applies to any research that has been approved by the IRB, as approval by the IRB does not include approval for the release of University information.