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Institutional Review Board

AVÌìÌÃÍø’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversees the use of human participants in research. The IRB’s purpose is to enable AVÌìÌÃÍø faculty, staff and students to conduct ethical human research while ensuring that the rights and welfare of participants are upheld in accordance to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations (45 CFR 46).

View the Constitution of the Faculty (PDF).

All use of human participants in research must be approved in advance by the IRB. More information and application forms are available to faculty, staff and students on .

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

AVÌìÌÃÍø’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees the use of animal participants in research. IACUC is composed of UNH faculty, administrators, representatives from the community, and experts regarding scientific research and veterinary medicine. IACUC’s purpose is to enable UNH faculty, staff, and students to conduct ethical vertebrate animal research while ensuring that the rights and welfare of participants are upheld in accordance with the United States Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

All use of non-human vertebrate animals for research and teaching purposes must be approved in advance by the IACUC. Documents and Animal Use Protocol application forms are available to faculty, staff, and students on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Information site on .