The Institutional Office of Academic Research is in charge of developing,
to implement and operationalize all matters related to ethical compliance in
research involving human subjects as participants, the use of animals, or the use of animals as
biospecimens and dangerous biological agents (bacteria or human or animal pathogens).
animals) developed by our researchers and students.
On our website you will find information related to each one of the committees of
ethics: Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
(IACUC) and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), submission requirements for the
protocols for the evaluation of the corresponding committee, forms, timetables for the
work, guidance and links to related regulatory agency web sites
among others.
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The Institutional Academic Research Office develops, enforces and implements all research ethics compliance aspects at Inter American University of Puerto Rico, for research that includes human subjects, animals, biospecimens or pathogens developed by our researchers and students.
Our web pages include information about each ethics committee: Institutional Review
Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), protocol submission requirements, submission & meeting dates calendar, forms and links to informational pages from related regulatory agencies as well.