**Please note that the IRB office will be closed from 11/12/09 until through 11/16/09 while IRB staff members attend the PRIM&R conference out of town.  For urgent matters only, please contact the IRB Chair, Howard Egeth, at 410.516.5324, or egeth@jhu.edu.  For all non-urgent matters, including the status of your research protocol, please email HIRB@jhu and your question will be answered after 11/16/09.**

The Johns Hopkins University is committed to protecting the rights and welfare of individuals participating as subjects in research.  All human participant research conducted under the auspices of the University is evaluated by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure that the rights and welfare of participants are fully protected.

The Homewood Institutional Review Board (HIRB) serves the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Whiting School of Engineering, School of Education, Carey Business School, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Peabody Institute, and Applied Physics Laboratory. HIRB is responsible for reviewing all research projects involving human participants conducted in these divisions. This policy applies to all faculty, staff, and student research projects, whether or not a project is funded and regardless of the location at which the research will be conducted.

This site provides resources to help guide investigators through the HIRB application and review process. We also have included information on HIRB policies and procedures, HIRB membership and meeting calendar, education and training, and other resources for investigators, participants, and the community.We hope that you find this site to be a useful resource. We welcome your feedback, so please contact us if you have any comments or questions