Institutional Review Board

ABOUT THE JOINT PEDIATRIC IRB 

The Joint Pediatric IRB (PedsIRB) is a separate Institutional Review Board that reviews and approves all human subject research involving children that is conducted by the faculty, students, staff, or other representatives of Children’s Hospital & Medical Center (Children's), UNMC, or UNO.  The PedsIRB also reviews and approves any research involving children conducted by non-affiliated investigators, when the research is conducted on the premises of Children's, UNMC, clinics owned or operated by Children's or UNMC, and UNO.   The PedsIRB is administratively located in the Office of Regulatory Affairs at UNMC.  

CONTACTS: 

                  Bruce Gordon, MD                       

                  Chairman, PedsIRB

                  tel: (402)559-7598

                  email: bgordon@unmc.edu

                  Shirley Horstman

                  IRB Administrator

                  tel:(402)559-8561

                  email: shorstman@unmc.edu

                  Christopher Kratochvil, MD

                  Vice Chair, PedsIRB                                            

                  tel: (402) 559-6005

                  email: ckratoch@unmc.edu

                  Andrew MacFadyen, MD

                  Vice Chair, PedsIRB

                  tel: (402) 955-4235

                  Ernest D. Prentice, PhD

                  Executive Chair, PedsIRB

                  tel: (402) 559-6463

                  email: edprenti@unmc.edu

                                                              

                                                                MAILING ADDRESS

                                                           987830 Nebraska Medical Center

                                                           Omaha, NE 68198-7830

                                                                 EMAIL ADDRESS:   

                                                                  irbora@unmc.edu

 

Submission Deadlines for New Submissions and Previously Tabled Protocols:     
 IRB Submission Deadlines  IRB Meeting Date
08/10/2009 08/25/2009
09/08/2009 09/22/2009
10/12/2009 10/27/2009
11/09/2009 11/24/2009
12/07/2009 12/22/2009

 

The PedsIRB meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month.  No more than 15 protocols new or previously tabled protocols will be reviewed at each meeting.  All reviews are performed on a first-come first-served basis.  Incomplete submissions may result in delay of IRB review.  Please see the appropriate PedsIRB application found in IRB APPLICATIONS under the FORMS tab for full submission requirements.

 

IMPORTANT REMINDER All key personnel involved with the conduct of human subjects research under the oversight of the PedsIRB need to complete the required training in protection of human research subjects. Key personnel refers to all investigators, study personnel, and protocol coordinators.  New research protocols or continuing review of on-going projects will not be approved until all key personnel have been trained and certified.  To access the training, click on the CITI TRAINING tab on the left.