Institutional Review Board Members and Meetings
Composition
The IRB shall have at least five members of varying backgrounds in order to provide complete and adequate review of human research and its institutional, legal, scientific, and social implications. The Board will also include at least one member who is not affiliated with the institution and one member who is not a scientist. The IRB has several consultants who advise the Board and are periodically involved in protocol review.
2025 Meetings
All applications must be submitted through Cayuse IRB.
Applications will be accepted at any time. Depending on the level of potential risk to subjects, the application may require Full Board review, Expedited review, or Exempt review. Please allow up to four weeks for a response from the Board. Please note that for protocols receiving Exempt or Expedited reviews, the Full Board meeting schedule and deadlines do not apply.
If a protocol requires Full Board review, it must be submitted by the deadline date. If you submit an application that needs to be reviewed at a Full Board meeting, you will receive an e-mail informing you that you have been added to the Board's agenda for review. The Investigator will receive the Board's decision within 3 to 5 business days following the meeting.
FULL BOARD MEETINGS
Please note that submitting an IRB application by the Full Board meeting deadline does not guarantee placement on that month's agenda.
The submission deadline applies to IRB applications that are complete and have successfully undergone the Pre-review process. Incomplete or pending applications will be deferred to a future meeting date.
Fall 2025 Meeting Dates:
September 18 - Submissions due by August 28
October 23 - Submissions due by October 9
November 19 - Submissions due by November 5
December 11 - Submissions due by November 27
Submissions for research that is more than minimal risk requiring Full Board review are due two weeks prior to the meeting. Contact irb@memphis.edu for exceptions.
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD
IRB Chair
Arleen Hill, Earth Science
Committee
- Bradford Pendley, Primary Care Specialists, Biomedical Engineering
- Craig Stewart, Communication
- Pam Cogdal, Counseling, Educational Psychology & Research
- Dean Hestermann, Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
- Sohye Lee, Loewenberg School of Nursing
- Terra Smith, Health Sciences
- Melissa Puppa, Health Sciences
- Robin Lennon-Dearing, Social Work
- Tejinder Saini, Psychiatrist & Medical Director
- Kellie Watson, Radiation Safety Officer