Three committees share the responsibilities of the Institutional Review Board.
An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee, including volunteers from Ohio State and its surrounding community, whose primary responsibility is to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects. The authority conveyed to the IRBs includes decisions to approve, disapprove, require modifications, monitor, suspend and terminate research projects involving human subjects.
There are three internal IRBs at Ohio State that review, approve, and conduct periodic reviews of research involving human subjects (including data and biological materials obtained from human subjects) to ensure risks have been minimized and the potential for benefit has been maximized for human subjects participating in the research.
Member Rosters and Meeting Dates
Behavioral and Social Sciences IRB
Does not review investigator-initiated (funded or unfunded) research that:
- involve medical procedures, drugs, or devices, originating from a variety of disciplines including the arts, humanities, business, communication, education, music, nursing, political science, psychology, sociology, and social work
- FDA-regulated research
Member Rosters
Meeting Dates
Meetings will be held virtually until further notice from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- May 16, 2025
- June 20, 2025
- July 18, 2025
- August 15, 2025
- September 19, 2025
- October 17, 2025
- November 21, 2025
- December 19, 2025
- January 16, 2026
- February 20, 2026
- March 20, 2026
- April 17, 2026
- May 15, 2026
- June 12, 2026
Biomedical Sciences IRB
- reviews investigator-initiated (funded or unfunded) biomedical research, excluding cancer research
- does not review industry-initiated, industry-sponsored clinical trials
Member Rosters
Meeting Dates
Meetings will be held virtually until further notice at 2 p.m.
- April 28th, 2025
- May 12th, 2025
- May 19th, 2025
- June 9th, 2025
- June 23rd, 2025
- July 14th, 2025
- July 28th, 2025
- August 11, 2025
- August 25th, 2025
- September 15th, 2025 - 3rd Monday due to Holiday
- September 29th, 2025 -5th Monday due to Holiday
- October 13th, 2025
- October 27th, 2025
- November 10th, 2025
- November 24th, 2025
- December 8th, 2025
- December 22nd, 2025
- January 12th, 2026
- January 26th, 2026
- February 9th, 2026
- February 23rd, 2026
- March 9th, 2026
- March 23rd, 2026
- April 13th, 2026
- April 27th, 2026
- May 11th, 2026
- May 18th, 2026 – 3rd Monday due to Holiday
- June 8th, 2026
- June 22nd, 2026
Cancer IRB
- reviews investigator-initiated (funded or unfunded) research involving cancer surveillance, etiology, diagnosis, early detection, prevention, treatment, symptom control and survivorship studies, including quantitative, observational and interventional study designs
- does not review industry-initiated, industry-sponsored cancer clinical trials
Member Rosters
Meeting Dates
Meetings will be held virtually until further notice at 2 p.m.
- May 5th, 2025
- May 19th, 2025
- June 2nd, 2025
- June 16th, 2025
- July 7th, 2025
- July 21st, 2025
- August 4th, 2025
- August 18th, 2025
- September 8th, 2025 – 2nd Monday due to Holiday
- September 22nd, 2025
- October 6th, 2025
- October 20th, 2025
- November 3rd, 2025
- November 17th, 2025
- December 1st, 2025
- December 15th, 2025
- January 5th, 2026
- January 26th, 2026 – 4th Monday due to MLK Holiday
- February 2nd, 2026
- February 16th, 2026
- March 2nd, 2026
- March 16, 2026
- April 6th, 2026
- April 20th, 2026
- May 4th, 2026
- May 18th, 2026
- June 1st, 2026
- June 15th, 2026