NIH is now requiring principal investigators and key personnel to demonstrate completion of training in research ethics, even on studies that qualify for exemption . This is consistent with the University's policy to apply ethical standards to all studies, regardless of funding source. Intervention includes both physical procedures by which data are gathered and manipulations of the subject or the subject's environment that are performed for research purposes.
Interaction includes communication or interpersonal contact between investigator and subject.
The program consists of an examination based on the definition of human subject research above, and the ethical principles for research outlined in the Belmont Report . Click here to view and print a copy of the Belmont Report. Once you have read the Belmont Report, click here to print out a copy of the EPRP Examination. If you pass, this notification will include your EPRP number, which is required on all applications for IRB review. According to Federal regulations, minimal risk means that the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated in the research are not greater in and of themselves than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine physical or psychological examinations or tests.