Institutional Review Board Minutes
November 6, 2000
Members Present: Allen, Ferrari-Comeau, Kay, Lamb, Preiss, Stewart, Wadsworth, Woodward.
This IRB meeting was opened at 2:06 PM AM in room 326 of Wyatt Hall.
1) Ray Preiss announced that Dr. Jane Moore has expressed her intent to continue to serve as
the Board's community representative.
2) Upon reviewing minutes of the 10/9/00 meeting, Board members identified two errors in word
choice. Those errors will be corrected by the Board secretary and revised minutes forwarded to
Allen Bagwell for posting on the University web site.
3) New business - Protocols reviewed
#0000-002 - revised
Roger Allen reported having visited the proposed research site and viewed the LBNP
device under construction. No concerns were expressed for patient safety using this
device with the proposed protocol.
The following additional issues were discussed:
• In page 3 of the protocol, change reference to a "medical clearance form" to the actual
title of the instrument, which is "Physical Activity Testing Readiness Questionnaire."
• On the Physical Activity Testing Readiness Questionnaire, the Board requests that the
text of item 1 be changed to read "Has your doctor ever said you have a heart
condition or that you should only do physical activity recommended by a doctor."
Project approved by voice vote 8-0-0 (8 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining)
#0000-003
The following issues were discussed:
• Given that this is a sibling study, it requires the originally contacted subject to recruit
participation of his or her siblings.
• The subject recruitment poster does not indicate that family members would be
required to participate in the study.
• The recruitment poster must specify that the researcher is investigating sibling pairs.
• The recruitment poster may be visually misleading, by illustrating young children, yet
subjects must be 18 - 26 years of age.
• The poster presents an opportunity to "discuss" family relationships, possibly
misleading potential subjects into thinking that they may be receiving some form of
counseling, as opposed to being participants in a research project.
• The Board requests that the researcher identify options for psychological referral in the
event of experimentally induced emotional trauma and provide a listing of those
resources to all participants.
Project approved by voice vote 8-0-0
Ray Preiss will communicate the above issues to the investigator.
4) New business - Charge from the Senate
The board addressed the faculty Senate charge of 10/23/00.
Regarding Charge #2 - Katherine Wadsworth checked all download links on the website
this semester and found them to be in good working order.
Regarding Charge #3 - Ray Preiss proposes to survey departments who routinely submit
IRB protocols regarding IRB operations, and to inform other departments about the
IRB's charge and functions.
Regarding Charge #3 - The IRB will provide to the Senate a report documenting changes
to Thompson Hall related to animal care. Ray Preiss suggested an IRB
subcommittee be established to work with Alyce DeMarais (Biology) for the purpose
of determining the composition and details of an Animal Care Committee, which
would then be created and exist under the IRB, yet report directly and independently
to the Dean and Senate. Recommendations will be forwarded to John Finney.
Subcommittee volunteers included IRB members Preiss, Lamb, and Allen.
5) The meeting was adjourned at 2:53.
Respectfully submitted,
Roger Allen, IRB secretary