Western Institutional Review Board

Western IRB (WIRB), an independent commercial IRB located in Olympia, WA, has been contracted to act as one of UMDNJ's IRBs to review, approve and monitor industry-sponsored human subjects research.

All submissions to WIRB must go through the UMDNJ Human Subjects Protection Program.

Criteria for submission of studies for review by WIRB:

Study is industry-sponsored, that is, the industry sponsor has written the protocol, is funding the research, and will monitor the conduct of the study.
The research will be conducted at a UMDNJ performance site.
The investigator(s) is (are) UMDNJ employees
The investigator(s) is (are) in good standing with the UMDNJ Campus IRB (e.g., no compliance issues, no expired studies, etc.)

Western IRB Links

Western IRB Guidelines, Procedures and Policies

Western IRB Submission Checklist