UMBI Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Each UMBI application or proposal that involves human subject research or human material, regardless of the level of risk foreseen, requires IRB review prior to the initiation of the activity. All UMBI Principal Investigator human subject research reviews are conducted by UMBI's human subject research review board, Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB). University of Maryland System Policy on Human Subjects of Research (BOR IV-2.10) requires that UMBI maintain an Institutional Review Board to provide for adequate reviews.

WIRB Online Submission Feature
The online submission feature will let you upload documents to WIRB through a safe and secure process. Go to www.wirb.com and click on the yellow "Online Submission" button.
The general steps are:
1) Select the type of submission you wish to make
2) Upload your individual documents to the site
3) Complete the 'Submitter Information" page
4) Click the "Finalize Submission" button
5) Receive your confirmation page (and email) that includes your Submission Number
The confirmation means that WIRB has received and can begin processing your submission.

UMBI FWA
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Federalwide Assurance (FWA) for the Protection of Human Subjects number for the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute is FWA00006176.

Human Subjects Research Training:
The UMBI policy on research compliance training requires that employees provide their supervisor documentation of their training topics, dates of training, and certificates as soon as possible after each training session. Training certificates are kept by each administrative unit and should be available for review during periodic administrative audits.

Human subject research required training modules are available online at the University of Maryland CITI website. All researchers participating in human subject research must take this training unless they have already received a certificate within the past twelve (12) months. You must register at the CITI website to get a username and password before you can login and begin your training.