The purpose of the Brenau University Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to insure the protection of any human subjects involved in research projects conducted under the auspices of the university in any capacity.
Any research activity that involves human subjects, whether conducted on a large or a small scale, whether preliminary or fully designed research study, whether conducted by students or faculty, whether funded or not, and whether it involves minimal risk or more than minimal risk, is subject to the IRB Guidelines.
Brenau University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) strives to comply with guidelines as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protection, and to put into practice principles outlined in the Belmont Report. These guidelines are also extended to include review and oversight of any activity that involves Human Subjects or participants. The policy also applies to visitors of the University, and/or use of non-public records associated with the university to identify, contact, or recruit human subjects.