{"id":424,"date":"2016-06-10T16:08:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T20:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?page_id=424"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:08:17","slug":"crc-irb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/human-subjects\/crc-irb\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Review Board Office &#038; Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/research\/files\/2017\/03\/Full_Accreditation_Seal_Color.jpg\" alt=\"CRC IRB AAHRPP Full Accreditation Seal\" width=\"162\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignright\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"accreditation\">Accreditation<\/h2>\n<p>The CRC IRB is fully accredited by AAHRPP.<\/div>\n<p>The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee of scientists and non-scientists whose charge is to oversee the safety and protection of human subjects in research based on ethical guidelines,&nbsp;federal regulations, state laws, and institutional policies as they apply to individual research studies. The IRB staff is a team of professionals dedicated to making the IRB process seamless and efficient for Investigators on the Charles River Campus.<\/p>\n<p><span>If you are on BU&#8217;s Medical Campus, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BUMC IRB website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"we-can-help-with\">We can help with&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial submissions for human subjects research<\/li>\n<li>Continuing review and annual check-ins<\/li>\n<li>Amendments and modifications<\/li>\n<li>Reporting incidents<\/li>\n<li>Reliance agreements for multisite studies<\/li>\n<li>Quality improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/human-subjects\/\" class=\"button button-base\">Start Here<\/a>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"contacts\">Contacts<\/h2>\n<p>Charles River Campus IRB<br \/>\n25 Buick Street<br \/>\nRoom 158<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02215<\/p>\n<p>Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm<br \/>\nTelephone: 617-358-6115<br \/>\nEmail:<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:irb@bu.edu\">irb@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"staff\">Staff<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-290 profile type-profile status-publish hentry topic-human-subjects office-crc-irb tags-institutional-review-board\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/shayne-c-deal\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2016\/05\/Shayne_Deal_CRC_IRC.png\" alt=\"Shayne Deal posing for photo on a bench\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Shayne C. Deal<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Senior IRB Analyst and Reliance Specialist (CAS: see profile for depts; Danielsen; Sargent: Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation; SHA)<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-47640 profile type-profile status-publish hentry topic-human-subjects office-crc-irb tags-institutional-review-board\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/diana-galarza-vergara\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2023\/07\/Diana_Galarza_Vegara_CRC_IRB.png\" alt=\"Diana Galarza Vergara posing for headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Diana Galarza Vergara<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Senior IRB Analyst (CAS: Classical Studies, English, History, Literature, Romance Studies; COM; ENG; Pardee; Sargent: see profile for specific centers\/labs; LAW; Wheelock)<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default post-10815 profile type-profile status-publish hentry fp-type-office topic-human-subjects office-orc stage-conducting-research tags-institutional-review-board\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/human-subjects\/crc-irb\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"initials\">\n\t\t\tCI\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Charles River Campus Institutional Review Board<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-45495 profile type-profile status-publish hentry topic-human-subjects office-crc-irb tags-institutional-review-board\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/krishna-maldonado-soto\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2023\/05\/Krishna-Maldonado-Soto_CRC_IRB.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Krishna Maldonado-Soto\" width=\"143\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Krishna Maldonado-Soto<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">IRB Analyst &#038; Administrator<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-292 profile type-profile status-publish hentry topic-human-subjects office-crc-irb tags-institutional-review-board\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/mary-mccabe\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2016\/05\/Mary_McCabe_CRC_IRB.png\" alt=\"Head Shot of Mary McCabe\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Mary McCabe<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Program Manager, Quality Improvement and Operations<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-47637 profile type-profile status-publish hentry topic-human-subjects office-crc-irb tags-institutional-review-board\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/yamelly-pena\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2023\/07\/Yamelly_CRC_IRB.png\" alt=\"Yamelly Pena posing for photo on bench\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Yamelly Pena<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Senior IRB Analyst (CAS: Anthropology, Political Science, Religion, Sociology; CFA; CGS; MET; Questrom; Sargent; SSW; STH)<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-562 profile type-profile status-publish hentry topic-human-subjects office-crc-irb tags-institutional-review-board\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/laneia-thomas\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2016\/05\/LeNeia_CRC_IRB.png\" alt=\"Headshot of LaNeia Thomas\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">LaNeia Thomas<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">IRB Director, Clinical Trials Registration Contact<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"virtual-office-hours\">Virtual Office Hours<\/h2>\n<p><strong>General IRB:<\/strong> The BU-CRC campus IRB offers virtual office hours every Wednesday from 1-2 pm. Each time slot is limited to 15 minutes. During this session, you will have the opportunity to discuss your concerns and questions about the IRB process with an individual IRB analyst.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wheelock School of Education:<\/strong> Office hours are held every Thursday from 2-3 pm. Each time slot is limited to 15 minutes. During this session, you will have the opportunity to discuss your concerns and questions about the IRB process with Senior IRB Analyst Diana Galarza Vergara.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kindly note that scheduling for office hours is flexible and subject to change. Please check the website for updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/compliance\/human-subjects\/additional-services-from-irb\/compliance-human-subjects-virtual-office-hours\/\" class=\"button button-base\">RSVP (Kerberos log-in required)<\/a>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"additional-services-from-irb-crc\">Additional Services from IRB-CRC<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Custom Presentations<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Upon request, the IRB can provide training to your class, research staff or department. The IRB can incorporate an education session as part of a class or as part of a faculty meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The IRB can conduct presentations to meet the specific needs and interests of your class or department. Email us at <a href=\"mailto:irb@bu.edu\">irb@bu.edu<\/a> or call us at 617- 358-6115 to begin the process.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Post Approval Support, Study Review, and Auditing<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>The Quality Assurance\/Improvement (QA\/QI) Program is available to assist investigators with managing and organizing their research studies to ensure that they are in compliance with applicable regulations, laws and institutional policies.<\/p>\n<p>Before beginning your research, we encourage you to set up an appointment with the QA\/QI Specialist to help you get started off right. The QA\/QI Program is also able to assist you throughout the course of your study.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee of scientists and non-scientists whose charge is to oversee the safety and protection of human subjects in research based on ethical guidelines,\u00a0federal regulations, state laws, and institutional policies as they apply to individual research studies. 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