Regulatory Training for Scholarly Activities

For all Scholarly Activities located at UTRGV and all affiliated clinical sites (DHR, VBMC, MMC, Knapp):

Students should consult their faculty mentor before engaging in any UTRGV regulatory training (CITI, IRB, IACUC, IBC, etc.) to ensure that appropriate modules are taken for specific projects.

All human subjects research conducted by UTRGV investigators (Faculty, Residents, Staff and Students) must be approved by the UTRGV Institutional Review Board (IRB). The UTRGV IRB will be responsible for providing oversight of the research and will serve as the IRB of record. Researchers remain responsible for requesting authorization from affiliated clinical sites (often referred as “Site Permission”) to conduct the proposed study at their facilities or with their patients. Such approval must be secured before the beginning of the research and documented on the UTRGV IRB records.

For campus-wide research policies: UTRGV Forms, Policies and Guidelines

To keep up-to-date on SOM Research, visit the Office of the Associate Dean of Research