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The TTUHSC Research Integrity Office provides administrative oversight for the TTUHSC Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). TTUHSC has three IRBs, one based in Lubbock which reviews human research projects for faculty in Lubbock and the Permian Basin, one based in Amarillo which reviews projects for investigators in Amarillo, Dallas and Abilene, and one in El Paso which reviews projects from faculty at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso. A single IACUC serves all of the TTUHSC campuses.
Administrators for each committee are available to assist researchers with application submissions and preliminary screenings of submissions to the IRBs and IACUC. In addition, RIO staff members provide formal and informal training regarding federal regulations and institutional policy regarding IRB and IACUC review. The office also tracks completion of required human subject protection training and annual reporting of researchers’ financial interests for the TTUHSC Conflict of Interest Committee.
Research compliance oversight is another major focus of the Research Integrity Office. Routine and “for cause” audits of ongoing research involving human subjects are conducted by RIO staff members. RIO compliance personnel also perform regulatory reviews of grant revenues and expenditures, whether or not human subjects are involved.