Institutional Review Board

Purpose

The Lubbock Christian University's Institutional Review Board (IRB) was established to review, approve, and monitor research projects conducted by LCU faculty, employees, and students. Following federal guidelines, the LCU IRB strives to protect the rights and welfare of all research subjects and therefore carefully reviews research projects to ensure that:

Risks to subjects are minimized and are reasonable to anticipated benefits
Informed consent is obtained from each subject or legal representative
Data collection is monitored where applicable
Privacy and confidentiality of research subjects is protected

Research data that will be published or presented in any scholarly venue should seek IRB approval. Check here for additional guidelines for student proposals.

What Authority does an IRB have

An IRB has the authority to:

Approve research
Require research modification
Disapprove research
Conduct continuing reviews of accepted research
Observe/verify changes
Suspend or terminate approval

Application Guidelines

All research involving human subjects must be reviewed and approved prior to initiating the research.

Complete the Application for Using Human Participants in Research form
Complete the Participant Population form
Complete the written Research Proposal and all related forms including questionnaires, testing instruments, interview protocols, cover letters, instructions to participants, written permission to use copyrighted material, recruitment documents, etc.
Submit an Electronic Copy of the Application, the Participant Population form, the Research Proposal and all other related forms to gary.estep@lcu.edu.

LCU IRB contact information

Contact Dr. Gary Estep at gary.estep@lcu.edu or (806) 720-7627, Mabee Science Building, Room 123, Lubbock Christian University.

Animal Care and Use Committee for research involving laboratory animals contact Dr. Andy Laughlin at andy.laughlin@lcu.edu.

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