SDSU/UCSD Agreement and Process forJoint Irb Review Agreement • December 18th, 2012
When faculty from both SDSU and UCSD jointly conduct a research study involving human subjects, the study must receive approval from each institution’s Institutional Review Board in advance of initiating research. This document describes a cooperative review agreement and process that allows the SDSU and the UCSD Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to rely upon each other for review and approval of such studies to avoid duplication of effort and reduce burden for investigators, IRB members and staff. The Principal Investigator will submit an IRB application to either SDSU or UCSD to initiate the review process depending the factors outlined below. This agreement and process will be continually evaluated to determine whether the needs of both the institutions and the investigators are appropriately served without compromising human research protections.
