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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Sending on behalf of Allan D. Headley<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>To: All Faculty/Staff and Students<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Allan D. Headley<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Dean of Graduate Studies and Research<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: April 12, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>Re: IRB Protocol Review Schedule<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects will be holding its final full board meeting for academic year 2010- 2011 in early May. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are encouraging faculty/students who have any protocols likely to require Full Board review (specifically, research involving special populations or interventions, including minors, pregnant women, fetuses, prisoners) to submit their <b><i><span style='color:red'>department-approved</span></i></b> <a href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/academics/graduateSchool/faculty/humanSubjectsIRB/humanSubjectsProtection.aspx">protocols</a> to the Office of Sponsored Programs by Monday, May 2, 2011, by 5:00 p.m. The next full board meeting will be held in early September 2011. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All protocols not requiring full board review will be reviewed by the IRB Chair until July 7 and no protocols will be reviewed by the IRB from July 8 until August 29. During this period department- approved protocols should be submitted to the <a href="mailto:mona_gilley@tamu-commerce.edu">Office of Sponsored Programs</a> for preliminary review by our staff, so that any initial changes can be completed and the revised protocol resubmitted for review by the IRB in early September.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions please contact Mona Gilley 903-886-5143 or <a href="mailto:mona_gilley@tamu-commerce.edu">mona_gilley@tamu-commerce.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'>As always, before submitting protocols please complete your <a href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/gradschool/research/compliance.asp">compliance training</a> (Protection of Human Subjects and Responsible Conduct in Research & Scholarship), or your protocol cannot be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Mona Gilley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Sponsored Programs Coordinator II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Compliance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Graduate Studies & Research<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>P.O. Box 3011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Commerce, Texas 75429-3011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Phone 903-886-5143<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Fax 903-468-8784</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>